I suggest that going to Mars means permanence on the planet - a mission by which we are building up a confidence level to become a two-planet species.Buzz Aldrin
In Mars, we've been given a wonderful set of moons... where we can send continuous numbers of people.Buzz Aldrin
Do we really need these big, gigantic, heavy rockets? What if we launch a rocket that's empty, and its sole purpose is to act as a source of fuel on the Moon? Who should build that? Well, I think the U.S. should build that.Buzz Aldrin
There were about six years when there was not one American who went into space. We shouldn't do that again.Buzz Aldrin
Nothing can have as its destination anything other than its origin. The contrary idea, the idea of progress, is poison.Simone Weil