Richard Alleyne
London Telegraph
Saturday, July 4, 2009
While trying to spread the word about the possibilities of space, Dr Aldrin said he was sceptical of climate change theories.
“I think the climate has been changing for billions of years,” he said.
“If it’s warming now, it may cool off later. I’m not in favour of just taking short-term isolated situations and depleting our resources to keep our climate just the way it is today.
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“I’m not necessarily of the school that we are causing it all, I think the world is causing it.”
Dr Aldrin was in London to promote the publication of his memoirs Magnificent Desolation – a title taken from his comment when setting foot on the moon: “Beautiful, beautiful. Magnificent desolation.”
The world watched the astronaut and his mission commander Neil Armstrong become the first humans to walk on the moon on July 20, 1960, as part of the Apollo 11 mission.
