Buzz Aldrin Quotes (17 Quotes)

taking advantage of what we put together in that Saturn 5 rocket. If we had chosen to put wings on that Saturn, we might have been on the way. But then the Russians might have got to the moon first.

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

Fear, to people who have been in aviation and combat (such as) fighter pilots ... is something you learn how to deal with and set aside, ... It's a very disabling emotion. You want to be alert as you possibly can.

I think you have to talk to your congressman to try to get the government to want to work with the private sector.

For every winner, theres a loser. And that person didnt really need to lose. They just didnt understand the game plan.

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

Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.

Having Buzz there is a great achievement, he was on the first moon landing alongside Neil Armstrong, so getting his signature on a beautiful panoramic photograph will be an historical item to treasure.

There's a need for accepting responsibility - for a person's life and making choices that are not just ones for immediate short-term comfort. You need to make an investment, and the investment is in health and education.

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

I think humans will reach Mars, and I would like to see it happen in my lifetime.

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.

Certainly, you can't participate in such a momentous program and not have the reminders of it have an effect on your life. What a wonderful gift for a person to receive.

As someone who has experienced the isolating effects of hearing loss first-hand, I felt compelled to help educate others and encourage them to no longer suffer in silence and get help,

Upon stepping foot on the moon, Buzz remarked to Houston, 'Beautiful, beautiful. Magnificent desolation.'

We can continue to try and clean up the gutters all over the world and spend all of our resources looking at just the dirty spots and trying to make them clean. Or we can lift our eyes up and look into the skies and move forward in an evolutionary way.

Mars is there, waiting to be reached.