“ I think the American Dream used to be achieving one's goals in your field of choice - and from that, all other things would follow. Now, I think the dream has morphed into the pursuit of money: Accumu… Buzz Aldrin
“ 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. Buzz Aldrin
“ I think both the space shuttle program and the International Space Station program have not really lived up to their expectations. Buzz Aldrin
“ There were about six years when there was not one American who went into space. We shouldn't do that again. Buzz Aldrin
“ What's aero braking? That's a way to use the gravity and upper atmosphere of Earth to sling shot a ship out either deeper into space, or slow it down to be 'captured' by Earth's gravity. Buzz Aldrin
“ There are many people talking about access to space and, 'How can we make that cheaper? How can we turn that into a Southwest Airlines versus the big airlines?' Buzz Aldrin
“ Fighter pilots have ice in their veins. They don't have emotions. They think, anticipate. They know that fear and other concerns cloud your mind from what's going on and what you should be involved in… Buzz Aldrin
“ We can continue to try and clean up the gutters all over the world and spend all of our resources looking at just the dirty spots and trying to make them clean. Or we can lift our eyes up and look int… Buzz Aldrin
“ Mars has been flown by, orbited, smacked into, radar inspected, and rocketed onto, as well as bounced upon, rolled over, shoveled, drilled into, baked, and even laser blasted. Buzz Aldrin
“ 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… 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 ho… Buzz Aldrin
“ 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… Buzz Aldrin
