Man is not made for space. But with the help of biologists and medical doctors, he can be prepared and accommodated.
WERNHER VON BRAUNOur 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.
More Wernher von Braun Quotes
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Basic research is what I am doing when I don’t know what I am doing.
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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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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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Looking back, nothing seems so simple than a utopian vision realised.
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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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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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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 best computer is a man, and it’s the only one that can be mass-produced by unskilled labor.
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We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming.
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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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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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Conquering the universe one has to solve two problems: gravity and red tape. We could have mastered gravity.
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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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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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