I think we need to move to the moons of Mars and learn how to control robots that are on the surface. It's not the impatient way of getting there, but Mars has been there a long time.
Buzz AldrinRead
As someone who flew two space capsules and twice landed in the ocean, I can attest from personal experience how much logistics work is needed to get you home.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Logistics are crucial for the success and safety of space missions.
Buzz Aldrin emphasizes the importance of logistics through his personal experiences of flying in space and safely returning home. His statement highlights that successful space missions depend significantly on thorough planning and execution of logistical elements, such as transport and recovery procedures, which ensure that astronauts can return safely after their journeys.
Themes
LogisticsSpaceExperienceSafetyPlanning
In practice
Example use cases
In a presentation about the importance of planning in project management, this quote can be used to illustrate the necessity of logistics.
More from Buzz Aldrin
All quotes βAmerica can take man to the moon, and America can take men to Mars - and beyond.
Buzz AldrinRead
A hybrid human-robot mission to investigate an asteroid affords a realistic opportunity to demonstrate new technological capabilities for future deep-space travel and to test spacecraft for long-duration spaceflight.
Buzz AldrinRead
Landing in the ocean and waiting for the Navy to come alongside and haul you out of the drink is what space capsules require. And after the capsule is recovered, it would take weeks for the ship to return to port.
Buzz AldrinRead
The biggest benefit of Apollo was the inspiration it gave to a growing generation to get into science and aerospace.
Buzz AldrinRead
Unfortunately, kids are led to believe things are easier to achieve than they really are.
Buzz AldrinRead
Similar quotes
Almost any questions can be answered,cheaply, quickly and finally, by a test campaign. And that's he way to answer them - not by arguments around a table
Claude C. HopkinsRead
NASA is an engine of innovation and inspiration as well as the world's premier space exploration agency, and we are well served by politicians working to keep it that way, instead of turning it into a mere jobs program, or worse, cutting its budget.
Bill NyeRead
The politicized sponsors of this pseudoscientific nonsense should be ashamed to live, let alone die. If you want to take part in the βwarβ against cancer, and other terrible maladies, too, then join the battle against their lethal stupidity.
Christopher HitchensRead
You canβt say A is made of B or vice versa. All mass is interaction.
Richard P. FeynmanRead
The mathematical facts worthy of being studied are those which, by their analogy with other facts, are capable of leading us to the knowledge of a physical law. They reveal the kinship between other facts, long known, but wrongly believed to be strangers to one another.
Henri PoincareRead
No astrophysicist would deny the possibility of life. I think we're not creative enough to imagine what life would be like on another planet. Show me a dead alien. Better yet, show me a live one!
Neil Degrasse TysonRead