Buzz Aldrin : (12) " I grew up in a country that I thought was special. And it was. " - Buzz Aldrin " When the time comes to start building deep space transports and refueling rocket tankers, it will be the commercial industry that steps up, not another government-owned, government-managed enterprise. " - Buzz Aldrin " A family needs to work as a team, supporting each other’s individual aims and aspirations. " - Buzz Aldrin " I think humans will reach Mars, and I would like to see it happen in my lifetime. " - Buzz Aldrin " Over the years, I think I’ve matured in my spiritual evolution and development to understand a bit more than the narrow religious thinking – to move beyond that through a sort of perfection of the grandiose nature of the universe, and how perfect it is it in its sense and how satisfied we should all be in our place in that. " - 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 " If we can conquer space, we can conquer childhood hunger. " - Buzz Aldrin " The big companies are the private industry. But they’re faced with a short-term need to show a profit in short-term. " - Buzz Aldrin " There should be an international lunar base. That is certainly doable. " - Buzz Aldrin " I’m not in favor of just taking short-term isolated situations and depleting our resources to keep our climate just the way it is today. " - Buzz Aldrin