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Buzz Aldrin: Mars trip could be Obama's legacy

Quick ReadAlexander the Great, Columbus and Obama? Ex-astronaut says yes....

Garden City: Apollo Lunar astronaut Buzz Aldrin visits

Photo credit: /Photo by Howard Schnapp | Garden City: Apollo Lunar astronaut Buzz Aldrin visits the Cradle of Aviation Museum on Thursday, October 22, 2009 in Garden City, New York. (Photo by Howard Schnapp)

Forty years after Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin was part of a historic first, becoming the second man to walk on the moon, he dared President Barack Obama to seize the reins of history - and send Americans to land a man on Mars, or one of its two moons, Phobos.

Aldrin said the president has "the most glorious opportunity to go down in history" if he declared the United States' intent to send astronauts...

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