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.
WERNHER VON BRAUNOne good test is worth a thousand expert opinions.
More Wernher von Braun Quotes
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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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Conquering the universe one has to solve two problems: gravity and red tape. We could have mastered gravity.
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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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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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There is just one thing I can promise you about the outer-space program – your tax-dollar will go further.
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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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Looking back, nothing seems so simple than a utopian vision realised.
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One good test is worth a thousand expert opinions.
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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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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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To simply dismiss the concept of God as being unscientific is to violate the very objectivity of science itself.
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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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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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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 will free man from the remaining chains, the chains of gravity which still tie him to this planet.
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