American - Astronaut | January 20, 1930 -
The life expectancy of people going to Mars may be decreased by the higher level of radiation that they receive.
Buzz Aldrin
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Certainly, I've never wanted to live on past achievements.
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Everyone who's been in space would, I'm sure, welcome the opportunity for a return to the exhilarating experiences there.
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When I was a little kid, we only knew about our nine planets. Since then, we've downgraded Pluto but have discovered that other solar systems and stars are common. So life is probably quite prevalent.
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Tang sucks.
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It was interesting to think that the very first liquid ever poured on the Moon, and the first food eaten there, were communion elements.
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Bringing an asteroid back to Earth? What's that have to do with space exploration? If we were moving outward from there, and an asteroid is a good stopping point, then fine. But now it's turned into a whole planetary defense exercise at the cost of our outward exploration.
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We could have human intelligence in orbit around Mars, building things there.
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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.
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You need propellants to accelerate toward Mars, then to decelerate at Mars, again to re-accelerate from Mars to Earth, and finally to decelerate back at Earth. Accordingly, the mass of these required propellants, in short, drives our need for innovative launch vehicles.
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I'm urging NASA to foster the development of what I call 'runway landers.' No, that's not the name of a high stakes gambler from Vegas. It's a type of spacecraft that flies to orbit like the retiring Shuttles but then glides to a landing like an airplane on a runway. Just like the Shuttles do.
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Human rights problems will always exist for years to come, but maybe they'll lessen somewhat.
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