Buzz Aldrin: Pioneers Will Always Pave The Way With Sacrifice
Buzz Aldrin, Nov. 7, 2014, TIME
Every type of transportation has involved loss of life, as witnessed with the Conestoga wagon heading west and giving way to the stagecoach, the railroads, motor homes and eventually airplanes.
Indeed, airlines came into existence because of the commercial use of World War 1 aircraft, put to work to carry mail for the government. That convinced the commercial sector to develop the airlines of today.
Now we are contemplating point-to-point and suborbital rocket flight, distinctly a commercial stepping-stone from the pioneering days of the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo’s giant leap to the moon.
Read more: www.time.com
Every type of transportation has involved loss of life, as witnessed with the Conestoga wagon heading west and giving way to the stagecoach, the railroads, motor homes and eventually airplanes.
Indeed, airlines came into existence because of the commercial use of World War 1 aircraft, put to work to carry mail for the government. That convinced the commercial sector to develop the airlines of today.
Now we are contemplating point-to-point and suborbital rocket flight, distinctly a commercial stepping-stone from the pioneering days of the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo’s giant leap to the moon.
Read more: www.time.com
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