After two divorces, Buzz Aldrin again sought the help of a psychiatrist. He secretly entered a hospital for treatment of depression and alcohol abuse. He says he came to understand that while millions may have considered him a hero, he was just a man.
CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: Now, Buzz Aldrin spends much of his time supporting space tourism. He thinks more people should have the chance to travel into space. He has written two children’s books to try to interest a new generation. And he has even put the message out through rap.
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Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin, left, practices with professional dancer Ashly DelGrosso-Costa last year before appearing on "Dancing With The Stars"
Last year, at the age of eighty, Buzz Aldrin performed on the television show "Dancing With the Stars."
The former astronaut says he would like to go back to the moon to see how the American flag he and Neal Armstrong planted there is doing. He believes people could land on Mars by twenty thirty-one. He says nations should work together, just like with the International Space Station -- this time, to put colonies on the moon and Mars.
BUZZ ALDRIN: "We establish permanence -- not visits, not coming back, but this is settlers, these are colonists. It’s like the Pilgrims on the Mayflower. They didn’t hang around Plymouth Rock waiting for the return trip. The most efficient way to settle human beings some other place is to prepare that place and then go and begin to occupy it right from the very beginning."
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