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Buzz Aldrin: Invest in NASA to beat the Chinese to Mars

By Rick on 30 June 2008 at 5:55PM

Buzz Aldrin, the second man on the Moon, has issued a stark warning that America must invest now in the US space agency NASA, or surrender leadership of space exploration to Russia and China.

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