Buzz Aldrin joins university, forming ‘master plan’ for Mars

The Buzz Aldrin Space Institute is due to open in the autumn and at an event announcing his bold ambitions for Mars, there were several light-hearted references to the celebrity appearances he has made in recent years.

The Buzz Aldrin Space Institute will surely be centered along at the Florida Institute of Technology, also recognized as Florida Tech, can be found about 40 distances (64 kilometer) less than a NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Melbourne.

Aldrin says he wants to expand his long-term space exploration program which includes human spaceflight, robotics and science initiatives.

Aldrin’s new pursuit is directed at reaching Mars in the near future and at building up a master plan to colonize the red planet, according to a report by DigitalTrends.

Buzz Aldrin’s might only have been the second small step for a man on the Moon, but the iconic Apollo 11 astronaut won’t be beaten when it comes to colonising Mars.

Aldrin will serve as the research organization’s senior advisor. Pathways, Aldrin’s idea of finally reaching Mars, will be achieved through realizing progressive missions to reach cislunar space, asteroids, and Phobos, and then ultimately the surface of the Red Planet.

NASA is already developing the rockets and spacecraft which could take astronauts to Mars by the mid-2030s, comfortably within Aldrin’s proposed timeline.

Aldrin’s institute will help in the development of resources to support a settlement on Mars. More specifically, he’s shooting for 2039, the 70th anniversary of his own Apollo 11 moon landing, although he admits the schedule is “adjustable”. He said he dislikes the label “one-way” and imagines tours of duty lasting 10 years.

“The Pilgrims on the Mayflower came here to live and stay”.

Aldrin and his partner relocated from California to Satellite Beach, Florida, earlier this year.

Also on the faculty are two other space fliers, former shuttle astronauts Winston Scott and Samuel Durrance.