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.
WERNHER VON BRAUNThe best computer is a man, and it’s the only one that can be mass-produced by unskilled labor.
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The rocket worked perfectly, except for landing on the wrong planet.
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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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I have learned to use the word ‘impossible’ with the greatest caution.
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A good engineer gets stale very fast if he doesn’t keep his hands dirty.
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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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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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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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If we continue at this leisurly pace, we will have to pass Russian customs when we land on the moon.
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Basic research is what I am doing when I don’t know what I am doing.
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We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming.
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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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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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I’m convinced that before the year 2000 is over, the first child will have been born on the moon.
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It was very successful, but it fell on the wrong planet.
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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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