Opinion | Buzz Aldrin: It’s time to focus on the great migration of humankind to Mars

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Buzz Aldrin writes in Opinions: It’s time to focus on the great migration of humankind to Mars

A Northrop Grumman Antares rocket lifts off from Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on April 17. By Buzz Aldrin May 1 at 4:32 PM Buzz Aldrin is a former astronaut and, as part of the Apollo 11 mission, was one of the first men to walk on the moon.

Meanwhile, another looming orb — the red one — should become a serious focus of U.S. attention. Mars is waiting to be discovered, not by clever robots and rovers — though I support NASA’s unmanned missions — but by living, breathing, walking, talking, caring and daring men and women. Americans are good at writing fantasy, and incomparable at making the fantastic a reality. We did it with Mercury, Gemini, Apollo — and in thousands of other ways. It is time we get down to blueprints, architecture and implementation, and to take that next step — a sustainable international return to the moon, directly charting a pathway to Mars.

 

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Yea, can't provide clean drinking water for Flint, but you want to go to Mars..

C’mon Buzz mate

narrator: it wasn’t

Send realDonaldTrump first ... Now, please ... with his family & the obstructionist SenateGOP

We’re not going to Mars. Stop with this silly shit.

How about we fix this place?

I don’t think Mars wants us. As a species we don’t have a very good track record in taking care of planets

Earth First! We’ll screw up the other planets later!

Why, so we can ef up that planet too? 🤷🏽‍♂️

First protect earth from cosmic impacts

Humankind should not be allowed to leave this orb for the good of the universe.

With so much mess at home?

If Trump stays here.....I’m in!

It isn't. If we had the technology to move to Mars, we'd have the technology to fix earth!

Does Buzz not know anything about the current admin?

But it's cold and there's no air

My guess is the Martians read this and will now debate building a wall to keep us out. If they’ve been paying attention anyway.

Trump Tower Mars!

Work towards and take first steps, yes. Focus, hardly. How about we focus on this planet first? Only reason to leave is we can’t take care of it. We likely can’t take care of mars either.

Yeah, let's have robots taking our jobs here but we got to get a actual person to Mars...to die there...yeah

Yeah, 'cause the beaches are deserted .. migrate the SpaceForce cadets first.

How about using the money to fix things on earth?

WTF the paraSSiteSS Capitool is trying to escape into I ET worlde ? WTF FBI CIA

Yeah, right, as much as good we did on earth

Humans are not responsible enough to inhabit another plant. Really! We can’t even take care of this one!

Maybe it would be easier to stop destroying this planet.

Not until it is bigger. Start aggregating those asteroids now. tt: TheRealBuzz

Hell yeah lets destroy them all !

He's only saying that because he wants to see it happen before he dies. Who wouldn't?

Can think of a few that need to go. Great idea but ways down the road.

SPACE FORCE

Bye Buzz.

I know Buzz. I’m desperate to get away from Trump as well.

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