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All one can really leave one’s children is what’s inside their heads. Education, in other words, and not earthly possessions, is the ultimate legacy, the only thing that cannot be taken away.

Wernher von Braun

Conquering the universe one has to solve two problems: gravity and red tape. We could have mastered gravity.
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Conquer Gravity Problem Universe
It is in scientific honesty that I endorse the presentation of alternative theories for the origin of the universe, life and man in the science classroom. It would be an error to overlook the possibility that the universe was planned rather than happening by chance.
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Chance Honesty Life Man Planning Possible Presentation Science Theory Universe
We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming.
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Gravity Pressure Work
Don’t tell me that man doesn’t belong out there. Man belongs wherever he wants to go – and he’ll do plenty well when he gets there.
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Himself Man Path Travel
The same forces of nature which enable us to fly to the stars, enable us also to destroy our star.
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Destroy Fly Force Nature Ourselves Stars
One good test is worth a thousand expert opinions.
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Expert Goodness Oneself Opinion Worth
I have learned to use the word ‘impossible’ with the greatest caution.
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Greatness Impossible Learning Myself Word
By the year 2000 we will undoubtedly have a sizable operation on the Moon, we will have achieved a manned Mars landing and it’s entirely possible we will have flown with men to the outer planets.
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Doubt Man Moon Operation Planet Possible
Looking back, nothing seems so simple than a utopian vision realised.
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Acievement Simplicity Vision
For my confirmation, I didn’t get a watch and my first pair of long pants, like most Lutheran boys. I got a telescope. My mother thought it would make the best gift.
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Best Confirmation Gift Mom Myself
My friends they were dancing here in the streets of Huntsville when our first satellite orbited the Earth. They were dancing again when the first Americans landed on the Moon. I’d like to ask you, don’t hang up your dancing slippers.
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Dance Earth Friendship Moon Myself Yourself
Man belongs wherever he wants to go – and he’ll do plenty well when he gets there.
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Ability Himself Inspirational Man
It was very successful, but it fell on the wrong planet.
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Myself Planet Success Wrong
For me, the idea of a creation is not conceivable without invoking the necessity of design. One cannot be exposed to the law and order of the universe without concluding that there must be design and purpose behind it all.
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Creation Design Ideas Law Necessary Order Purpose Universe
It will free man from the remaining chains, the chains of gravity which still tie him to this planet.
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Freedom Gravity Man Planet
A good engineer gets stale very fast if he doesn’t keep his hands dirty.
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Dirty Fast Goodness Hands

All one can really leave one’s children is what’s inside their heads. Education, in other words, and not earthly possessions, is the ultimate legacy, the only thing that cannot be taken away.

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All one can really leave one’s children is what’s inside their heads. Education, in other words, and not earthly possessions, is the ultimate legacy, the only thing that cannot be taken away.

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