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.
WERNHER VON BRAUNThe 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.
More Wernher von Braun Quotes
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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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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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Conquering the universe one has to solve two problems: gravity and red tape. We could have mastered gravity.
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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 same forces of nature which enable us to fly to the stars, enable us also to destroy our star.
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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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We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming.
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One good test is worth a thousand expert opinions.
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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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Our 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.
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I only hope that we shall not wait to adopt the program until after our astronomers have reported a new and unsuspected asteroid moving across their fields of vision with menacing speed. At that point it will be too late!
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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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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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Man belongs wherever he wants to go – and he’ll do plenty well when he gets there.
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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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