Apollo 11 astronaut
Apollo 11 astronaut and author of Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home from the Moon
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Buzz Aldrin
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FROM Buzz Aldrin
Which Way, L.A.?
Space Travel: The Past and the Future What does a man do for an encore after walking on the moon? That's the question Buzz Aldrin faced after eight days on Apollo 11, including the first moon landing 40 years ago today. It's one of the subjects addressed in his new book, Magnificent Desolation : The Long Journey Home from the Moon.
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Space Travel: The Past and the Future Forty years ago today, humans accomplished a goal as old as the species when two men walked on the Moon . We talk with Moonwalker Number Two about the Moon itself and the depression and alcoholism he faced on returning to Earth. Buzz Aldrin is among those who say the Moon itself is a dead end, but that humans could get to Mars before 2050. He insists that we should. Others point out that we've been there for five years, with robots, which make more precise observations and never need to come home.
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