BUZZ ALDRIN: MISSION TO MARS

摘要

Buzz Aldrin is a former astronaut and the second man to walk on the Moon. On 21 July 1969 he followed the late Neil Armstrong down the ladder from the Lunar Module Eagle on to the surface of the Moon after Armstrong had uttered his now famous words: This is one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind.' In so doing they realised the commitment made by President JF Kennedy in 1961 in a speech in front of the American congress to send a man to the Moon and bring him back safely before the decade was out. Aldrin will always be known primarily for this exploit. Nor do those brief precious moments ever fully leave him: 'Whenever I gaze at the moon, I feel like I'm in a time machine. I am back to that precious pinpoint in time, nearly 45 years ago, when Neil and I stood on the forbidding, yet beautiful, Sea of Tranquility.