The same forces of nature which enable us to fly to the stars, enable us also to destroy our star.
WERNHER VON BRAUNIt will free man from the remaining chains, the chains of gravity which still tie him to this planet.
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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It takes sixty-five thousand errors before you are qualified to make a rocket.
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Man belongs wherever he wants to go – and he’ll do plenty well when he gets there.
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One good test is worth a thousand expert opinions.
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Everybody knows what the moon is, everybody knows what this decade is, and everybody can tell a live astronaut who returned from the moon from one who didn’t.
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Basic research is what I am doing when I don’t know what I am doing.
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I believe that the time has arrived for medical investigation of the problems of manned rocket flight, for it will not be the engineering problems but rather the limits of the human frame that will make the final decision as to whether manned space flight will eventually become a reality.
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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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The rocket worked perfectly, except for landing on the wrong planet.
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Looking back, nothing seems so simple than a utopian vision realised.
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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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My experiences with science led me to God. They challenge science to prove the existence of God. But must we really light a candle to see the sun?
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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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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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