Astronaut Buzz Aldrin considers Mars to be the future target of humans

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second man to set foot on the Moon, said he no longer thinks of the earth's natural satellite but thinks that humanity must conquer Mars.

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin considers Mars to be the future target of man

On July 20, 1969, the Apollo 11 spacecraft left the globe to perform the first human moon landing, marking it as one of the world's great historical missions. Astronaut Buzz Aldrin is the second person to set foot on the surface of Earth's natural satellite, after Neil Armstrong.

Aldrin and Armstrong spend two and a half hours exploring, photographing and collecting specimens on the Moon.Before returning to Earth, the Apollo 11 mission recorded evidence that marked the presence of humans on the Moon with an American flag.(Photo: Huffington Post)

In the Humas to Mars Summit program in Washington on May 5 with the theme of Mars, Aldrin said that conquering the Moon is a simple thought and other countries will easily keep up with the United States. At 85, Aldrin still thinks about his future dream. He believes that the goal of the future is Mars, not the Moon. If a country wants to take the lead, they need to go to Mars and stay there.

When Aldrin first set foot on the Moon, Aldrin's first thought was the beauty of the wilderness. Mars is like a wasteland, why people don't think about the dream of conquering it.

" We should think of this planet as an ideal place to cultivate and build civilization," the astronaut said, adding that the Moon could be considered an outpost, a base between Earth. and Mars, but not the ultimate goal of humanity.

According to Business Insider, the plan to land on the red planet of the US Aerospace Agency (NASA) is gradually forming, with goals much more promising than some of the previous projects.Many NASA experts are confident that they will bring people to Mars around 2030.

Aldrin repeatedly received the question that what the first person to Mars should say. He never gave a direct answer, but joked about his first statement to the Moon: "It could be a small step for Armstrong, but a big step for me."