Landing in the ocean and waiting for the Navy to come alongside and haul you out of the drink is what space capsules require. And after the capsule is recovered, it would take weeks for the ship to return to port.Buzz Aldrin
Exploring Mars is a far different venture from Apollo expeditions to the moon; it necessitates leaving our home planet on lengthy missions with a constrained return capability.Buzz Aldrin
The pilgrims on the Mayflower landed at Plymouth Rock. To my knowledge, they didn't wait around for a return trip to Europe. You settle some place with a purpose. If you don't want to do that, stay home. You avoid an awful lot of risks by not venturing outward.Buzz Aldrin
'Anthony and the Magic Picture Frame' tells it like it really was in America's early space program - the adventure, the risks, and the rewards.Buzz Aldrin
I'm convinced that sending people to Mars is so expensive that if you go once and bring the people back and then go again and bring the people back, we're eventually going to run out of money. But what if we send people the first time and they don't come back? What if they stay there?Buzz Aldrin
One of the major problems with long-term deep space human flight is the requirement for radiation shielding.Buzz Aldrin
The life expectancy of people going to Mars may be decreased by the higher level of radiation that they receive.Buzz Aldrin
When you're in a spacecraft, you need to know what things you can touch and what things you shouldn't touch!Buzz Aldrin
