He is an American pilot, mechanical engineer and astronaut. He was the Lunar Module pilot on Apollo 11. On July 20, 1969, he was the second man to set foot on the Moon following mission commander Neil Armstrong. Since retiring from NASA and the Air Force, Col. Aldrin has remained at the forefront of efforts to ensure America’s continued leadership in human space exploration.
He devised a master plan for missions to Mars – the “Aldrin Mars Cycler” – a spacecraft transportation system with perpetual cycling orbits between Earth and Mars. Dr. Aldrin has received three US patents for his rocket systems and schematics.
(1930 – )
– Buzz Eugene Aldrin Quotes –
There was something out there, close enough to be observed, and what could it be?
~ Buzz Eugene Aldrin
I think humans will reach Mars, and I would like to see it happen in my lifetime.
~ Buzz Eugene Aldrin
Mars is there, waiting to be reached.
~ Buzz Eugene Aldrin
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.
~ Buzz Eugene Aldrin
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.
~ Buzz Eugene Aldrin
I believe that every human has a finite number of heart-beats. I don’t intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises.
~ Buzz Eugene Aldrin
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.
~ Buzz Eugene Aldrin
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.
~ Buzz Eugene Aldrin
