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Article: Buzz Aldrin.(PM People)
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- Popular Mechanics
- Article date:
- December 1, 2003
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On July 20, 1969, Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong became the first men to walk on the moon, To commemorate the 25th anniversary of Apollo 11, Aldrin wrote about his experience for the July 1994 issue of POPULAR MECHANICS. Who better to write about the historic moon landing than someone who can say, "Been there, done that."
When PM asked Aldrin to contribute a story, he was still on a mission, a quartercentury later--to establish a practical and permanent human presence in outer space He had received a patent in 1993 for a permanent space station design.
Aldrin's PM article, "Why I Walked On The Moon," describes the "luck and timing and the labor of a ...