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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.
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We're number one on the runway.
Buzz Aldrin
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I grew up in a country that I thought was special. And it was.
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Monumental achievements by humanity should be done by major organizations as much together as possible.
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When you go to Mars, you need to have made the decision that you're there permanently. The more people we have there, the more it can become a sustaining environment. Except for very rare exceptions, the people who go to Mars shouldn't be coming back. Once you get on the surface, you're there.
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What comes after the moon? I think you can guess: Mars.
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The urge to explore has propelled evolution since the first water creatures reconnoitered the land. Like all living systems, cultures cannot remain static; they evolve or decline. They explore or expire. . . . Beyond all rationales, space flight is a spiritual quest in the broadest sense, one promising a revitalization of humanity and a rebirth of hope no less profound than the great opening out of mind and spirit at the dawn of our modern age.
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Not everyone will understand this need for America to lead the world in space.
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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.
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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.
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If you want to say that the sky is black, and if I'm there, even if I fall back down again, I will be weightless for a period of time - maybe that's the definition of space.
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Computers allow us to squeeze the most out of everything, whether it's Google looking up things, so I guess that tends to make us a little lazy about reading books and doing things the hard way to understand how those things work.
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America must dream again, and have the faith to achieve the dream.
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Magnificent desolation.
Buzz Aldrin
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My first biography written in '73 was not 'Journey To The Moon.' It was 'Return To Earth.' Because for me, that was the more difficult task - disappointment.
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For the future, primarily, we must educate people in science, engineering, technology and math.
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They didn’t tell me I was going into space until after they locked the shuttle doors and started counting down.
Buzz Aldrin -
If you want poets in space, you'll have to wait.
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why can't the average citizen? That's what I've been promoting in the last several years.
Buzz Aldrin -
As someone who has experienced the isolating effects of hearing loss first-hand, I felt compelled to help educate others and encourage them to no longer suffer in silence and get help,
Buzz Aldrin
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Walking around on the moon was significantly easier than we'd thought it would be. There weren't any balance problems, so you weren't tumbling over.
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I still say, 'Shoot for the moon; you might get there.'
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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.
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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