Buzz Aldrin: Mission to Mars | National Geographic

Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin set foot on the moon in 1969. Now, his sights are set on Mars! His new book, Mission to Mars, tells us his vision for space exploration. Get it here!

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Buzz Aldrin is on a quest to push the boundaries of the universe as we know it. As a pioneering astronaut who first set foot on the moon during mankind's first landing of Apollo 11 and as an aerospace engineer, Aldrin has a vision, and in this book he plots out the path he proposes, taking humans to Mars by 2035.

Do you dare to dream big? Then join Aldrin in his thought-provoking and inspiring Mission to Mars!

Footage courtesy Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA-Johnson Space Center; NASA JPL/Caltech; NASA/JSC; Lunar rover video supplied by Onyx Media, LLC/Getty Images. Music: "Mars," Nick Ingman/Terry Devine-King, Audio Network Plc.

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[SirRGijsbers]

I think he is one of the few people that deserves the most respect in the world,
only becouse he risked his life for science

[Kitslam]

How exciting to be those people who will first step foot on Mars. Wow!!!

[iel]

That awkward moment when your name has a bigger font than the name of your book.

[ash-izhy]

According to wikipedia:

Operations and maintenance - $283.3 billion

Military Personnel - $154.2 billion

Procurement - $140.1 billion

Research, Development, Testing & Evaluation - $79.1 billion

Military Construction - $23.9 billion

Family Housing - $3.1 billion

Total Spending - 683.7 billion

[Zazuban]

Hey I've got a great idea, lets worry about moving to other planets when we can't even take care of our own. Brilliant!

[AtlanticaPhoenix]

We need to get going. Too bad we don't have more people who share Buzz's view.

[jordanriver]

I once read the last man on the moon by Eugene Cernan! It's one I the most interesting autobiography have ever read!

[bluex]

Who ever going to mars, is staying and dying on mars. Heroic shit.

[LightSeeker-X]

I salute Buzz Balls! I will buy the book!

[Teslagirl]

Sorry William, you didn't say there was no gravity on the moon. However, at one sixth G and with no air, any particle (of whatever mass) will follow a parabolic path (or straight down) from its disturbance point, and fall to the moon. As I remember, on the Apollo 15 mission, one of the astronauts dropped a feather and a hammer simultaneously to demonstrate that in the absence of air, all objects fall at the same rate. They hit the ground at the same time. The video is on Youtube.

[stephennielsen]

Before we send someone to Mars, we need to solve this planet's water and energy problems

[EatingWaffles]

We will, I heard some trips are as soon as 2021

[bobisme]

It is a goal the entire human race could work towards as one.

[garystorey]

There is a video of Buzz claiming there is a giant monolith on Phobos, one of Mars' moons.

[reign]

only two words come to mind when i watch this video. ancient aliens.

[directdog]

What is the song called on this video? its so cool.

[The_DRK_KNIGHT]

Aside from benefiting from technologies from space exploration, being a space faring species increases our survival by being able to settle other worlds as our planet and our solar system will not last forever. Space exploration is the ultimate investment for the future of our race.

[Loathomar]

It is called MarsOne, donate to your hearts content.

[EatingWaffles]

But imagine the possibilities, and especially the effects on countries if they know that one country has succeeded in sending people to Mars and colonize/start a base there. Technological superiority.

[AtlanticaPhoenix]

NASA's budget should be significantly increased so that we can stay ahead and keep learning new things and developing new technology. That's more important than giving money to people who don't work and bailing out companies that abuse people and fail to contribute anything.