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THE SECOND MAN to walk on the Moon, Buzz Aldrin, said he wants humans to permanently occupy the planet Mars.
Speaking to the BBC, while wearing a “Get Your Ass to Mars” t-shirt, he said funding for space exploration by the US needs to be at least doubled if humans are going to land on Mars by 2035.
NASA recently said they could put someone in the vicinity of Mars by that year.
We haven’t been funding space as much as it needs to, it’s only half a percent of our Budget. We need more money, maybe double that, then ramp it up by 2035, 2040, as we would need to land people and prepare them for their permanency on Mars.
I think by that time we should have assembled, from Earth, a number of modules that have been landed at every two year opportunity, and then with astronauts at the moon of Mars, they can do the final assembly, and if they are successful, they could land.
When asked did he think the astronauts who travel to Mars should stay there permanently, with no plan for their return, he said:
“Yes, that’s right”, adding that lift-off from the surface of Mars to bring them back to Earth after being on Mars for just over a year would be more expensive.
“The cost per person if we bring them back is a lot higher,” said Aldrin, who said the purpose should be to build a permanent colony on Mars.
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1. Get your ass to Mars
2. See Richter at the party
You got what you wanted Cohaagen, give these people aiiiuurr!
Nice boobs ( • )( • )( • )
We cant get our own planet in order FFs
I will bunt in for Kennys ticket, anyone else ??
Consider that a divorce .
@ one human being
Mmm mmm mmmm, You make me wish I had three hands
I think youre doing just fine with two!
Technically, when the spacecraft ‘Eagle’ landed, – they were BOTH the first men on the Moon, since they were both inside when the lander’s feet touched the surface.
The suits they wore were also self-contained ‘spacecraft’ and neither of them stood barefoot on the Moon.
Armstrong made the first Bootprint, because his seat was nearest the hatch, that’s the only difference.
The skill, & bravery of all these guys is awe-inspiring, never mind dedication & intelligence.
1. Get your ass to Mars
2. ???????
3. PROFIT
FYP ;)
Hey Benny….Screew youuu!!
Ahahahahaha!
You think this is the real Aldrin?
It is.
If you die on Mars, do you still go to heaven?
You go to Mars Heaven where the gravity is much lower, making it easier to work, rest and pray.
Sod that, I’m off to recall !
“Recall” ” Recall” ” Recall”
Buzz bin thro a lot – worth listening to.
IMO were not ready for deep space exploration and more manned missions until we have developed a bit more as a species, at least to where we have a unified federal earth govt to do things like space exploration (not every day government, calm down conspiracy theorists) as one species rather than 10 different countries engaging in a political p1ssing contest, that’s not how we should make this journey, we should do it as a unified humanity, with the developing world developed, not squabbling nation states trying to out-do each other.
I’d hate for some starving kid in a third world country to see the west spending a trillion dollars on a mission to mars as he sits there picking corn on the cob bits out of cow dung to eat.
Not to say we can’t do robotic exploration etc that can have huge benefits here on earth, but manned missions are more symbolic and the kind of milestone we need to hit as one world.
I’d rather see this flag on the surface of mars:
http://tinyurl.com/kfvrh66
…than the US/Chinese/EU flag.
Completely disagree – competition breeds innovation, collusion breeds stagnation. Would the US have gotten a man on the moon even by now if not for the Soviets getting Gagarin up in space before them – they ultimately beat their own estimates of when they would make the moon by 9 years largely because they had to beat the Russians to it. If we all start working together on things like this we end up with one massive civil service like inefficient machine – it’s when we’re all trying to get one up on each other that things actually get done.
Did you just endorse a Federal Earth Government? My god the stupidity
Mars is already under the British Commonwealth.
Love Buzz!
Count me in if the Irish electorate vote FF back into power in the next GE
Only thumbs up to your predictable comment is from yourself – good work.
Two weeks. … Two weeks…. Two weeks….
Game ball as long as I can get a johnny cab !
Would there be water charges on Mars?
Only if you got FIVE kids to feed
2nd man on the moon… Pffft, Buzz was the first human to make his mark (first person to piss (while) on the moon!)
To infinity….and beyoooond!
The whole manned mission thing is a wasteful distraction- we should be doing far more with unmanned missions and robots.
gravity on Mars is about 38% of Earth , this would be a huge negative on trying to live and breed there , its debatable if the human body could adjust
I think Mars should be offered to IS and any other nutjob to setup their own planet. Then when they are all on it, launch every nuke we have at it.
it would easier to set up a colony on Antartica or under the ocean. Its certainly not a question that demands an answer in our lifetime
More is known about the deepest depths of space than our own ocean floors.
Steve are that afraid that even when some people are marooned on mars you still fear them ?
Wow !
Are there apostrophes on Mars?
*are you
“Second comes right after first!”
1/2 way out to Mars.. forgot the toilet paper. Fcuk.
Don’t worry nobody can here you scream in space …..
1/2 to mars? If it took you that long to need to take a dump, you got bigger problems!
If you take a dump in space, will that make you travel faster?
One way ticket hmmmm maybe some politicians will volunteer
Is he talking about celebrity nobody Kim Kardashin? If so I think its the most intelligent comment on this celebrity self promotor yet. He could have added “big” though.
Buzz you were not even on the Moon , you liar and fake , made in hollywood
Maybe we could send the Dail to Mars – on a one way ticket.
Why not actually try get a man on the moon before we go to Mars. With all the resources on the moon r u telling me that it would not be colonised already.
We’re a bit weird as a species in that we aspire to live on an actual world than on some silly little moon.
…or we are a bit weird of a species in that we don’t choose to appreciate what we have at home !
Not disagreeing with either of you by the way !
I’m glad that for a change there has been budget cuts to Mars. So many poor people in the US, with a crumbling infrastructure, massive debt, but still have the money to get their asses to Mars
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