Buzz Aldrin Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“I think humans will reach Mars, and I would like to see it happen in my lifetime.”

“It was interesting to think that the very first liquid ever poured on the Moon, and the first food eaten there, were communion elements.”

“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.”

“We can't start over and develop a Saturn 5-type vehicle from scratch.”

“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.”

“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.”

“There's a need for accepting responsibility - for a person's life and making choices that are not just ones for immediate short-term comfort. You need to make an investment, and the investment is in health and education.”

“I didn't start skiing until I was 50. My wife Lois taught me how to ski. I'm proficiently conservative.”

“Being first outside the spacecraft would bring much more responsibility, and I really wasn't looking for that.”

“It's real easy to manufacture what you think the people want to hear. But that's not very honest.”