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Buzz Aldrin is an American astronaut, engineer, and former fighter pilot, best known as the second person to walk on the Moon. His historic Apollo 11 mission in 1969 marked a turning point in space exploration. He continues to advocate for space travel and exploration. Here are 181 of his quotes:

My own American Dream was to serve my country as best I could and make a difference in America - and in the world. (Buzz Aldrin)
I feel we need to remind the world about the Apollo missions and that we can still do impossible things. View quote
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My first inclination is to be a bit skeptical about the claims that human-produced carbon dioxide is the direct contributor to global warming. View quote
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I am definitely not rich. View quote
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Everyone should take their hats off to Neil Armstrong. He is a humble guy who doesn't wave his own flag. View quote
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As a student, I wrote English reports on science fiction. View quote
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When you're in a spacecraft, you need to know what things you can touch and what things you shouldn't touch! View quote
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Unfortunately, kids are led to believe things are easier to achieve than they really are. View quote
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The beauty of Hawaii probably surpasses other places. I like the Big Island and the two mountains, Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea, where you can look out at the stars. View quote
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I want to keep on the move, keep stimulated and challenged. View quote
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Timing has always been a key element in my life. I have been blessed to have been in the right place at the right time. (Buzz Aldrin)
There's no guarantee that the United States will be around 200 years from now. View quote
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Space architectures capable of supporting a permanent human presence on Mars are extraordinarily complex, with many different interdependent systems. View quote
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My Sunday mornings are spent in a recovery meeting in Pacific Palisades. View quote
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If you want poets in space, you'll have to wait. View quote
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Space is not just going up and coming back down again. Space is getting into orbit and being there, living there, establishing a presence, a permanence. View quote
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Does it make sense for the U.S. to expend hundreds of billions of dollars to mount a new Apollo-style program to return to the moon? Or have we blazed that trail? Shouldn't we help other nations achieve this goal with their own resources but with our help? View quote
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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. View quote
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During the divorce process, I lived alone and tended to get extremely down on myself. View quote
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Instead of planning the retirement of the Space Shuttle program, America should be preparing the shuttles for their next step in space: evolving, not shutting them down and laying off thousands of people. View quote
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As we reflect back upon the tragic loss of Challenger and her brave crew of heroes who were aboard that fateful day, I am reminded that they truly represented the best of us, as they climbed aloft on a plume of propellant gasses, reaching for the stars, to inspire us who were Earthbound. (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. View quote
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Retain the vision for space exploration. If we turn our backs on the vision again, we're going to have to live in a secondary position in human space flight for the rest of the century. View quote
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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. View quote
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To send humans back to the moon would not be advancing. It would be more than 50 years after the first moon landing when we got there, and we'd probably be welcomed by the Chinese. But we should return to the moon without astronauts and build, with robots, an international lunar base, so that we know how to build a base on Mars robotically. View quote
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Buzz Aldrin

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Occupation: American Astronaut
Born: January 20, 1930
Quotes count: 181
Wikipedia: Buzz Aldrin

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