Buzz Aldrin
American former astronaut, engineer and fighter
Lived from: 1930 -
Category: Scientists
Born: 20 january 1930
Quotes 61 till 80 of 137.
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I've led a life of such structured discipline and always had a goal in mind of knowing what I was doing, from West Point to the Air Force combat, MIT, looking for new things to study and get involved in. And then I got into the space program, and how disciplined can you get?
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If we go back to the moon, we're guaranteed second, maybe third place because while we are spending all that money, Russia has its eye on Mars. Landing people on the moon will be terribly consuming of resources we don't have. It sounds great - 'Let's go back. This time we're going to stay.' I don't know why you would want to stay on the moon.
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In Mars, we've been given a wonderful set of moons... where we can send continuous numbers of people.
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In space, you don't get that much noise. Noise doesn't propagate in a vacuum.
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Instead of planning the retirement of the Space Shuttle program, America should be preparing the shuttles for their next step in space: evolving, not shutting them down and laying off thousands of people.
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Is the destiny of the human species to sit back and play with our mouse and computer and imagine, fantasize?
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It was interesting to think that the very first liquid ever poured on the Moon, and the first food eaten there, were communion elements.
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It's real easy to manufacture what you think the people want to hear. But that's not very honest.
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Just as Mars - a desert planet - gives us insights into global climate change on Earth, the promise awaits for bringing back to life portions of the Red Planet through the application of Earth Science to its similar chemistry, possibly reawakening its life-bearing potential.
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Let's not spend resources that we don't need to be sending astronauts back to the moon. Let's not spend expensive resources on bringing people who have reached Mars back again. Prepare them to become a growing colony.
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Like actors and writers who are on and off again in terms of employment, I had a very unstructured life.
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Mars has been flown by, orbited, smacked into, radar inspected, and rocketed onto, as well as bounced upon, rolled over, shoveled, drilled into, baked, and even laser blasted.
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Mars is far more attractive as an outpost colony for earthlings than the moon is.
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Mars is much closer to the characteristics of Earth. It has a fall, winter, summer and spring. North Pole, South Pole, mountains and lots of ice. No one is going to live on Venus; no one is going to live on Jupiter.
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Maybe it was the challenge of flight, the opportunity to fly, the competition of summer camp and the inspiration and discipline of West Point. I think all of those things helped me to develop a dedication and inspired me to get ahead.
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Monumental achievements by humanity should be done by major organizations as much together as possible.
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Most people never believed in the real possibility of going to the moon, and neither did I until I was in my twenties.
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My father's an early aviator, and my first flight was with him at age two. Now, despite the fact that I got sick on the flight, I still enjoyed it, I believe.
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My first biography written in '73 was not 'Journey To The Moon.' It was 'Return To Earth.' Because for me, that was the more difficult task - disappointment.
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My first inclination is to be a bit skeptical about the claims that human-produced carbon dioxide is the direct contributor to global warming.
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