Astronauts working for the government will always need to be either pilots or mission specialists. Those who want to be pilots should have military experience - ideally, a test pilot background. Buzz Aldrin astronautbackgroundexperience Change image and share on social
As someone who flew two space capsules and twice landed in the ocean, I can attest from personal experience how much logistics work is needed to get you home. Buzz Aldrin attestcapsuleexperience Change image and share on social
All the Chinese have to do is fly around the Moon and back, and they'll appear to have won the return to the Moon with humans. They could put one person on the surface of the Moon for one day and he'd be a national hero. Buzz Aldrin backchineseday share on social
I think there would be no shortage of applicants to the government astronaut corps to be settlers on the planet Mars. And I think this would be very inspiring. Buzz Aldrin applicantastronautcorps Change image and share on social
In Mars, we've been given a wonderful set of moons... where we can send continuous numbers of people. Buzz Aldrin continuoushavemar Change image and share on social
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 Aldrin acceptchoicecomfort share on social
It was interesting to think that the very first liquid ever poured on the Moon, and the first food eaten there, were communion elements. Buzz Aldrin communioneatelement Change image and share on social
Globalisation means many other countries are asserting themselves and trying to take over leadership. Please don't ask Americans to let others assume the leadership of human exploration. We can do wonderful science on the Moon, and wonderful commercial things. Then we can pack up and move on to Mars. Buzz Aldrin americanassertassume share on social
When the time comes to start building deep space transports and refueling rocket tankers, it will be the commercial industry that steps up, not another government-owned, government-managed enterprise. Buzz Aldrin buildcommercialdeep Change image and share on social