Aryanews- Astronauts who took part in the first moon landing 40 years ago have called for a renewed focus on a manned mission to Mars.
Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins have announced continuing to explore deeper into space, the best way to honor the legacy of Apollo.
In a nod to other, fictional space explorers, Aldrin said it was time "to boldly go again on a great new mission of exploration".
Mars, he said, "may sound like a distant destination beyond our reach, but that is what some called Apollo's goal to reach the Moon, and they were wrong".
Mentioning the 66-year extent from airplane's invention and the lunar landing he called for a target of a manned landing on Mars by 2035, 66 years after the Apollo 11 landing.
Aldrin, the second man to walk on the Moon, and Collins were making a rare joint appearance at Washington's National Air and Space Museum on Sunday alongside Neil Armstrong, the first man on the Moon.
Aldrin, the second man to walk on the Moon, and Collins were making a rare joint appearance at Washington's National Air and Space Museum on Sunday alongside Neil Armstrong, the first man on the Moon.
Armstrong, who has become famous for saying little about the Moon landings since his return and shunning almost all media interviews, gave a short lecture which only briefly touched on the Moon landing itself.
