Man belongs wherever he wants to go – and he’ll do plenty well when he gets there.
WERNHER VON BRAUNNature 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.
More Wernher von Braun Quotes
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A good engineer gets stale very fast if he doesn’t keep his hands dirty.
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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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The logistic requirements for a large, elaborate mission to Mars are no greater that those for a minor military operation extending over a limited theatre of war.
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The rocket worked perfectly, except for landing on the wrong planet.
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I believe in an immortal soul. Science has proved that nothing disintegrates into nothingness. Life and soul, therefore, cannot disintegrate into nothingness, and so are immortal.
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It was very successful, but it fell on the wrong planet.
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I have learned to use the word ‘impossible’ with the greatest caution.
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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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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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To simply dismiss the concept of God as being unscientific is to violate the very objectivity of science itself.
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The same forces of nature which enable us to fly to the stars, enable us also to destroy our star.
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Science does not have a moral dimension. It is like a knife. If you give it to a surgeon or a murderer, each will use it differently.
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It takes sixty-five thousand errors before you are qualified to make a rocket.
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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 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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