The same forces of nature which enable us to fly to the stars, enable us also to destroy our star.
WERNHER VON BRAUNI’m convinced that before the year 2000 is over, the first child will have been born on the moon.
More Wernher von Braun Quotes
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It will free man from the remaining chains, the chains of gravity which still tie him to this planet.
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We should remember that science exists only because there are people, and its concepts exist only in the minds of men. Behind these concepts lies the reality which is being revealed to us, but only by the grace of God.
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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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There is just one thing I can promise you about the outer-space program – your tax-dollar will go further.
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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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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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Conquering the universe one has to solve two problems: gravity and red tape. We could have mastered gravity.
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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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The rocket worked perfectly, except for landing on the wrong planet.
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Man is not made for space. But with the help of biologists and medical doctors, he can be prepared and accommodated.
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It was very successful, but it fell on the wrong planet.
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The best computer is a man, and it’s the only one that can be mass-produced by unskilled labor.
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It takes sixty-five thousand errors before you are qualified to make a rocket.
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Our sun is one of a 100 billion stars in our galaxy. Our galaxy is one of billions of galaxies populating the universe. It would be the height of presumption to think that we are the only living thing in that enormous immensity.
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I’m convinced that before the year 2000 is over, the first child will have been born on the moon.
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