We can't start over and develop a Saturn 5-type vehicle from scratch. Buzz Aldrin More Quotes by Buzz Aldrin More Quotes From Buzz Aldrin I think the public needs to be reminded just how much inspiration and intention was given throughout the world to be bold, to send human beings to the moon in the '60s and the '70s. It's important now to bring together the nations that weren't able to do it then and help them do it. We need to move forward. Buzz Aldrin inspiration moving thinking Not everyone can be an astronaut and go into space, some people with sufficient resources can purchase and fly sub-orbitally thanks to various companies and for more money (considerably) fly into orbit. Buzz Aldrin orbit space people My Sunday mornings are spent in a recovery meeting in Pacific Palisades. Buzz Aldrin recovery sunday morning Going back to the moon is not visionary in restoring space leadership for America. Like its Apollo predecessor, it will prove to be a dead end littered with broken spacecraft, broken dreams and broken policies. Buzz Aldrin moon dream america We'll get to the details of what's around here, but it looks like a collection of just about every variety of shape - angularity, granularity, about every variety of rock.... The colors - well.... There doesn't appear to be too much of a general color at all; however, it looks as though some of the rocks and boulders are going to have some interesting colors to them. Over. Buzz Aldrin rocks color interesting The feeling of reduced gravity and the limitations of the space suit resulted in a slow-motion movement. Perhaps not too far from a trampoline, but without the springiness and instability. Buzz Aldrin movement space feelings Anything we can do in the near future that begins to stimulate the interest of people - seeing somebody down the street have an opportunity to go into space - buoys up the whole neighborhood. Buzz Aldrin space opportunity people I remember it was hard to believe that I was taking a step onto the lunar surface. Buzz Aldrin steps remember believe Most people never believed in the real possibility of going to the moon, and neither did I until I was in my twenties. Buzz Aldrin moon real people The decision to go to the moon is now appreciated and associated with President Kennedy's speech, but somebody else had told him it was a good idea. It turned out to be a good commitment, but it was a unique situation. Buzz Aldrin unique moon commitment I know: If you're looking down at Earth, you're looking through an atmosphere that has a bit of haze in many places and not just occasional clouds. Buzz Aldrin atmosphere earth clouds Sending a couple of guys to the Moon and bringing them back safely? That's a stunt! That's not historic. Buzz Aldrin guy couple moon Over the years, I think I've matured in my spiritual evolution and development to understand a bit more than the narrow religious thinking - to move beyond that through a sort of perfection of the grandiose nature of the universe, and how perfect it is it in its sense and how satisfied we should all be in our place in that. Buzz Aldrin religious spiritual moving I am excited to think that the development of commercial capabilities to send humans into low Earth orbit will likely result in so many more Earthlings being able to experience the transformative power of space flight. Buzz Aldrin space-flight orbit thinking I grew up in New Jersey and never went up the Statue of Liberty. Buzz Aldrin jersey liberty grew-up I think the people who experienced the Apollo missions came away from that experience wondering to themselves, 'When can we get a chance to experience spaceflight?' I've heard that many, many times: that people got into a new career field hoping that they would be able to experience spaceflight. Buzz Aldrin careers people thinking You can never tell when a commercial space venture will suddenly become viable. Buzz Aldrin venture space NASA needs to focus on the things that are really important and that we do not know how to do. The agency is a pioneering force, and that is where its competitive advantage lies. Buzz Aldrin agency focus lying Trips to Mars, the Moon, even orbit, will require that we provide astrotourists with as many comforts from home as possible, including paying each other. Buzz Aldrin orbit moon home Mars has a bit of air pressure; maybe we can build up that atmosphere to be a bit more accommodating to humans. Buzz Aldrin mars atmosphere air
