"I think the people who experienced the Apollo missions came away from that experience wondering to themselves, 'When can we get a chance to experience...

My expertise is the space program and what it should be in the future based on my experience of looking at the transitions that we've made between pre-Sputnik days and getting to the moon.
~ Buzz Aldrin ~












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