Buzz Aldrin
Buzz Aldrin
Buzz Aldrinis an American engineer and former astronaut. As the Lunar Module Pilot on Apollo 11, he was one of the first two humans to land on the Moon, and the second person to walk on it. He set foot on the Moon at 03:15:16 on July 21, 1969, following mission commander Neil Armstrong. He is a former U.S. Air Force officer with the Command Pilot rating...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAstronaut
Date of Birth20 January 1930
CityGlen Ridge, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
Mars has a bit of air pressure; maybe we can build up that atmosphere to be a bit more accommodating to humans.
I want to reach a new generation. That's why I am Twittering now. I have a BlackBerry, an iPhone and a Mac.
I want to keep on the move, keep stimulated and challenged.
In space, you don't get that much noise. Noise doesn't propagate in a vacuum.
In Mars, we've been given a wonderful set of moons where we can send continuous numbers of people.
I understand that Detroit was a pretty rough place to grow up in the '70s and '80s.
I've been to the Titanic in a yellow submarine and the North Pole in a Russian nuclear ice breaker.
I inherited depression from my mother's side of the family.
I shot down two airplanes in Korea, so I wasn't a slouch.
I realize that my life is not the common ordinary person.
I remember it was hard to believe that I was taking a step onto the lunar surface.
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.