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Buzz Aldrin: Mission to Mars
Author(s) -
Leach Neil
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
architectural design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1554-2769
pISSN - 0003-8504
DOI - 10.1002/ad.1831
Subject(s) - marketing buzz , aldrin , mars exploration program , astrobiology , space (punctuation) , history , environmental ethics , computer science , philosophy , physics , world wide web , dieldrin , pesticide , agronomy , biology , operating system
The lunar landings in 1969 provided the watershed moment for space exploration, bringing the celestial into direct physical contact with man for the first time. As the second man to walk on the Moon, Buzz Aldrin maintains a unique place in American and space history. Here, Guest‐Editor Neil Leach looks at why Aldrin has chosen to highlight the potential of Mars over the Moon in his recent book, Mission to Mars: My Vision for Space Exploration (2013).