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Nature does not know extinction; all it knows is transformation. Everything science has taught me-and continues to teach me-strengthens my belief in the continuity of our spiritual existence after death. Nothing disappears without a trace.

Wernher von Braun

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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Live Population Stars Sun Thinking
The rocket worked perfectly, except for landing on the wrong planet.
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Exception Perfection Planet Work Wrong
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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Concept Existence God Grace People Reality Remember Reveal Science
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
Looking back, nothing seems so simple than a utopian vision realised.
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Acievement Simplicity Vision
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
If we continue at this leisurly pace, we will have to pass Russian customs when we land on the moon.
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Fun Moon Speed Tradition
If we were to start today on an organized and well-supported space program I believe a practical passenger rocket can be built and tested within ten years.
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Build Organization Practice Program Space Start Support
Crash programs fail because they are based on theory that, with nine women pregnant, you can get a baby in a month.
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Failure Pregnant Program Theory Woman Yourself
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
The greatest gain from space travel consists in the extension of our knowledge. In a hundred years this newly won knowledge will pay huge and unexpected dividends.
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Greatness Knowledge Pay Price Space Travel
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
I find it as difficult to understand a scientist who does not acknowledge the presence of a superior rationality behind the existence of the universe as it is to comprehend a theologian who would deny the advances of science.
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Difficult Existence Myself Science Understand Universe
It takes sixty-five thousand errors before you are qualified to make a rocket.
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Errors Mistake Qualification Yourself
A good engineer gets stale very fast if he doesn’t keep his hands dirty.
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Dirty Fast Goodness Hands
One good test is worth a thousand expert opinions.
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Expert Goodness Oneself Opinion Worth

Nature does not know extinction; all it knows is transformation. Everything science has taught me-and continues to teach me-strengthens my belief in the continuity of our spiritual existence after death. Nothing disappears without a trace.

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Nature does not know extinction; all it knows is transformation. Everything science has taught me-and continues to teach me-strengthens my belief in the continuity of our spiritual existence after death. Nothing disappears without a trace.

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