Buzz Aldrin : Our mission to the moon was shared by the world as an adventure . We were all part of a team that went out there and did something no one had ever done before, so we wanted it to be shared. Most impressively , it has helped construct an orbiting laboratory that offers the prospect of long-term research into the effects of space flight , research that can not just improve the health and safety of our astronauts but also of people on Earth . Aldrin says he took on a new mission : to open space to the average person . He says a mission to colonize Mars would restore adventure of space travel .
Buzz Aldrin : Our mission to the moon was shared by the world as an adventure . We were all part of a team that went out there and did something no one had ever done before, so we wanted it to be shared. Aldrin says he took on a new mission : to open space to the average person . He says a mission to colonize Mars would restore adventure of space travel .