Buzz Aldrin

I was an outsider. I was the egghead from academia who got in because the rules had changed. While I read more

I was an outsider. I was the egghead from academia who got in because the rules had changed. While I looked for validation from my fellow contemporaries, I instead found jealousy and envy. I did not find team spirit. This led to dissatisfaction, an unease.

The achievements of Apollo were so bold and our subsequent efforts so timid that the energy of those years seems read more

The achievements of Apollo were so bold and our subsequent efforts so timid that the energy of those years seems like a youthful dream,

We've got to go [back to the moon]. But we don't want to stay too long. ... The ultimate goal read more

We've got to go [back to the moon]. But we don't want to stay too long. ... The ultimate goal is Mars.

Between those two we need gradual increases of complexity and achievements to keep the public interest, to keep the funding, read more

Between those two we need gradual increases of complexity and achievements to keep the public interest, to keep the funding, to keep the political support going. We've gone to the Moon, we've stopped doing that; now commercial people are doing it. Who knows? Maybe we will get technology from other sources; something I have written about in my days of writing science fiction.

why can't the average citizen? That's what I've been promoting in the last several years.

why can't the average citizen? That's what I've been promoting in the last several years.