Man is not made for space. But with the help of biologists and medical doctors, he can be prepared and accommodated.
WERNHER VON BRAUNWith our present knowledge, we can respond to the challenge of stellar space flight solely with intellectual concepts and purely hypothetical analysis. Hardware solutions are still entirely beyond our reach and far, far away.
More Wernher von Braun Quotes
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It takes sixty-five thousand errors before you are qualified to make a rocket.
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We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming.
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If we continue at this leisurly pace, we will have to pass Russian customs when we land on the moon.
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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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One good test is worth a thousand expert opinions.
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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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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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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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All one can really leave one’s children is what’s inside their heads. Education, in other words, and not earthly possessions, is the ultimate legacy, the only thing that cannot be taken away.
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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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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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To simply dismiss the concept of God as being unscientific is to violate the very objectivity of science itself.
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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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