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more about #buzzaldrin Spliner: Bah, they'll all be long gone by the time we go to Mars. I'd love to see us go to Mars in the next 15 years, but it just isn't going to happen. Skip... more » AriellaDrury: If explorers of the past waited until their local issues were resolved, they'd never have gone. Remember that the money is not spent on the planet in... more » diverguy: I missed the 1st landing on the moon by 2 months. And while I was around for all the others, I was too young to know. I would love to be alive when w... more » Dv8: Though going to mars seems like a cool and pioneering thing to do...its a waste of resources and money. How about we focus on fixing problems here on ... more » Grey_Area: Aside from being astonishingly cool. Is there any reason to focus all our attention on a manned Mars mission rather than seriously develop the resourc... more » namanintx: I disagree with them. A Mars landing would be nice for the national pride, but that's about it. How about a permanent colony on the Moon and a large ... more » Bill-Lee: The government in the 1960s were willing to pay for the Apollo Program because it was being used as a tool in the Cold War: We really wanted to show t... more » The2ndDecade: When are they gonna travel to mars? I mean its 2009 almost 2010, and we still haven't even gone back to the moon. more » 5AMfrenchtoast: He also don't take no shit off of no one. ESPECIALLY those moon hoax conspiracy idiots. (That clip = awesome) more » Roklimber: I am sooooo tired of all the crackpot theories about the moon landing being a hoax. The real truth is that there is no moon, because there is no spoon. more » ZanipoloLebron: So who was on the camera on the surface filming him come down the ladder? more » Plague: He's a hero. Plain and simple. more » Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: That was one of the oddest things I've ever seen. I really don't know what to think. On the one hand, nothing makes me cringe more than seeing old whi... more » Hello Mister Walrus: So what's his first love? Numismatics? Bacon? World of Warcraft? more » EBone: It's so sad to see Buzz become such a sellout. His pandering during the ad blitz for the awful "Fly Me To The Moon" animated movie was cringe-worthy e... more » limber: That's a lovely photo. I'd be hugely interested in images like this, a coffee table book of gorgeous glossy portraits of scientific minds who excel in... more » The Curse of Millhaven: As utterly cool as manned missions to mars would be, I really don't think that we are there yet technologically. The moon landings were a boondoggle g... more » EarthSmiles: Sorry, folks, I understand your enthusiasm for space exploration, but I don't agree. At this time of an unprecedented worldwide financial crisis, peak... more » viloki9: ...boyfriend works for NASA, this is actually a HUGE argument they have quite commonly. The problem with going to mars instead of the moon is that mar... more » ManchuCandidate: Makes sense to me. I think I can point exactly when: A senior NASA bureaucrat ordered the destruction of all Saturn V blueprints to prevent a rival ... more » -
#mooniversary
Apollo 11 Astronauts Push For A Mission To Mars
Last friday, at the National Museum of the USAF, the Apollo 11 astronauts participated in a panel discussion about their historic Moon landing. They spent a good portion of the discussion, however, not on the Moon — but Mars. More » -
#quoteoftheday
The Truth About The Moon Landing
Buzz Aldrin has a few words for those wondering what it was like to be one of the first men on the moon. Unfortunately, they might not be the exact words that you were hoping for. More » -
#rocketexperience
Buzz Aldrin Collaborates With Snoop Dogg On His Second Love, Hip Hop
Astronaut "Buzz Aldrin is so gangster" that when he puts out a record, Snoop Dogg, Talib Kweli Quincy Jones and Soulja Boy all want to get a piece of this astro action. Listen to Buzz's new track "Rocket Experience." More » -
#astronautglamor
Will We See A New Age Of Astronaut Glamor?
What would it take to re-energize our excitement about space exploration? Maybe if astronauts start getting treated like movie stars. Here's a step in the right direction: a Louis Vuitton ad featuring Sally Ride, Buzz Aldrin and Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell. [WWD via TheFrisky] -
#spaceporn
Aldrin: Never Mind The Moon, Let's Go To Mars
For years, people have been complaining that NASA has been going nowhere, but now a group of NASA alumni (including Buzz Aldrin) have joined their voices to the protest, by lodging an official complaint. More » -
