On September 20, 2022, I went to see famed astronaut Buzz Aldrin's childhood home near the south side of Anderson Park in Montclair, New Jersey. While he lived there, Aldrin would climb onto roof from his third-floor bedroom to stargaze. This must have inspired him to go into NASA by the late 1960s where he and Neil Armstrong became the first humans to set food on Earth's natural satellite. New owners had bought the property during the year of the first moon landing where they watched the actual event on their TV. Now the matriarch of that new family has recently passed away and the house is currently on the market for over $1 million. A local Montclair resident is currently in the process of buying it and making it into a museum. I agree with this idea because it would allow the public to gain deeper insights about the events of the well-known astronaut's childhood and how they shaped his life and ambitions.
Source: Everett, Rebecca. "Buzz Aldrin's N.J. home is on the market for $1M but a local man wants it to be a museum." NJ.com, December, 22, 2020. https://www.nj.com/essex/2020/12/buzz-aldrins-nj-home-is-on-the-market-for-1m-but-local-man-wants-it-to-be-a-museum.html.
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