A Baltimore-area casino is offering the chance of a lifetime.Throughout March, Maryland Live! Casino is giving away $400,000 in prizes, including four free trips to outer space. Very few people know what that is like, but one astronaut shared his experience with others.Download the WBAL appAstronaut Buzz Aldrin was part of the first manned lunar landing in 1969 and was the second person to ever walk on the moon. On Thursday, he was in Maryland to promote this out-of-this-world contest"We didn't have anything like that when I was growing up," Aldrin said. "We had to wait a while. But now the sky is no longer the limit."Maryland Live's Mario Maesano said they are the first casino in the country to host such a contest, which will take place every Saturday in March."It's pretty amazing," Maesano said.Maryland Live is partnering with a yet-to-be-named company in Arizona that hopes to start offering trips to space by the end of 2017.To enter, contestants need to just sign up for a Live rewards card and play. Maesano said that an actual ticket to space would cost $75,000.The casino is giving away four trips to outer space plus trips to the Kennedy Space Center, along with zero gravity flights and telescopes among other prizes.As for the inspiration behind this, Aldrin said he keeps his feet firmly on the ground. He has a new book coming out about his life next month and is reflective when he thinks about advice he would give to kids."I think about this little kid who grew up in New Jersey and the wonderful things that have come my way," Aldrin said. "And a good bit is because of education."For more information about the contest, tap here.