In his own words: Buzz Aldrin 40 years later

July 20, 2009 marks the 40th anniversary of the first manned mission to the moon with astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. Today, at 79 years old, Aldrin reflects on that life-altering experience and shares some details of the Apollo 11 mission.

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[ThePizzaNinja]

@cablek11 it took 3 days, 3 hours and 49 minutes for the apollo missions to get to the moon. Buzz and Neil then spent 2 hours on the moon, and began their journey back, totalling 6 days, 9 hours, 38 minutes off of earth.

[markbeatlesyeah]

I have to admire the men who went to the moon and what life must've been like to accomplish this and then to come back to what? They weren't going to go back to the moon and yet they were trained experts at flying there and operating in that type of element. To try to do anything after that would be a let down and that hard enough to live with for a year yet alone the rest of your life. Both men on Apollo 11 landed on he moon at he same time. Buzz, you were first too! You took the same risks.

[tdoze1]

Do you really believe that NASA in its current form is the most efficient way to get to space. What does Washington do, sit around and think about space, they are doing nothing. we don't even have a vehicle to get there. Lets use incentives like prizes to get people involved. there are many things to leverage accelerating getting to space, Lindberg went to Paris for $25K prize, it would inspire people and I want to have a man on the moon before the Chinese get there. " == Newt Gingrich

[mooninquirer]

@homer30 This is very true. 

[459Dragonlord]

@graybus I think he meant the process of getting there from the inception of the program, not actual travel time.

[graybus]

It only took 3 days to get there. Not "years"

[graybus]

It didn't take years to get there. 3 days I believe

[cablek11]

@homer30 ur a fag where was he for all the years it took to get to the moon then?

[SuperHardshell]

He says about Mars and looking that way towards it--"...it can sustain people"-------

[astralseeker]

before going expanding to mars, please let's learn how to leave in peace ...