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Buzz Aldrin, an American astronaut born on January 20, 1930, is renowned for his contributions to space exploration. He was the second human to walk on the Moon, alongside Neil Armstrong, during the Apollo 11 mission.

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Famous Buzz Aldrin Quotes

“The universe is the way it is. It's not going to be changed by supplications.”

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“Unfortunately, pioneers will always pave the way with sacrifices.”

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“There's no doubt that there will be many trials and tribulations along the way in taming space for the benefit of all, unmasking its truths and using the boundless resources available to us. Taking a chance allows us to seek new horizons -- and we all benefit from being horizon hunters.”

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“I'm not in favor of just taking short-term isolated situations and depleting our resources to keep our climate just the way it is today.”

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“People communicate in Twittering ways. I've learned how to do that.”

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“The way I see it, commercial interests should manage a lunar base while NASA gets on with the really important task of flying to Mars.”

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“There may be aliens in our Milky Way galaxy, and there are billions of other galaxies. The probability is almost certain that there is life somewhere in space.”

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“The way I see it, what is going to come out of the moon activities is a respect for U.S. leadership.”

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“Computers allow us to squeeze the most out of everything, whether it's Google looking up things, so I guess that tends to make us a little lazy about reading books and doing things the hard way to understand how those things work.”

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“I think we need to move to the moons of Mars and learn how to control robots that are on the surface. It's not the impatient way of getting there, but Mars has been there a long time.”

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“The society of life on Mars, or the challenge of making Mars more livable, will have significant benefits on our attempts to modify and change in some ways the environment here on Earth.”

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“There are a lot of reasons for not doing something. And if humanity had come up with all the reasons for not doing something we wouldn't have spread across the Earth the way we have. There's a curiosity, and I would submit that that curiosity will put human beings on the surface of Mars.”

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“There's a tremendously satisfying freedom associated with weightlessness. It's challenging in the absence of traction or leverage, and it requires thoughtful readjustment. I found the experience of weightlessness to be one of the most fun and enjoyable, challenging and rewarding, experiences of spaceflight. Returning to Earth brings with it a great sense of heaviness, and a need for careful movement. In some ways it's not too different from returning from a rocking ocean ship.”

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“When I am getting ready to cross a street, I look both ways before crossing. My bones, my muscles, are not what they used to be, so I am careful when I go up and down stairs, because I've heard stories of older people falling and having very disabling injuries. I have enough things that begin to go a little bit wrong as I get a little bit older.”

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“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.”

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“The best way to study Mars is with two hands, eyes and ears of a geologist, first at a moon orbiting Mars... and then on the surface.”

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“This is the LM pilot. I'd like to take this opportunity to ask every person listening in, whoever and wherever they may be, to pause for a moment and contemplate the events of the past few hours and to give thanks in his or her own way.”

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Book:The Moonlandings: An Eyewitness Account

Source: The Moonlandings: An Eyewitness Account

About the Author

Born: January 20, 1930
Known for: Astronaut
Quotes: 273

Books & Sources

Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home from the MoonRelated source material

Mission to Mars: My Vision for Space ExplorationRelated source material

No Dream Is Too High: Life Lessons From a Man Who Walked on the MoonRelated source material

The Moonlandings: An Eyewitness AccountRelated source material

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