An Evening With Buzz Aldrin - Wednesday October 16, 2013

Event Date: October 16, 2013
Dr. Buzz Aldrin will give a presentation at Purdue University on October 16, 2013. He has worked closely with AAE Professor James M. Longuski and his grad students and has referenced their work in his new book - "Mission to Mars"

Apollo 11 astronaut Dr. Buzz Aldrin has long been an advocate for future space exploration and in his latest book published May 7, 2013, Mission to Mars: My Vision for Space Exploration, he says that he believes that humans could arrive and settle on Mars between the time-period 2035-2040.

Contained within his new book, on page 35 Dr. Aldrin references work done over the years by Professor James M. Longuski and his students. Also, on page 195, Buzz Aldrin writes “I have long admired and worked with James Longuski, professor of aeronautics and astronautics at Purdue University. Along with his colleagues, we have forged ways to launch a substantial large vehicle that would provide radiation shielding and spacious quarters in order to guarantee the safety and comfort of outbound-to-Mars and inbound-to-Earth astronaut crews.”

Aldrin spoke at the Humans2Mars Summit May 6-8, 2013 at George Washington University where he referenced the work of Prof. Longuski and AAE alumni Dr. Damon F. Landau who is now with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Aldrin also discussed figures and movies developed by AAE doctoral student Blake Rogers. In addition to the live audience as the summit, the event was also viewed by thousands of people all over the world via webcast. Dr. Aldrin has also presented Dr. Landau’s slides at this conference and at numerous venues on his book signing tour.