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Basic research is what I am doing when I don't know what I am doing.
Wernher von Braun
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Wernher von Braun
Age: 65 †
Born: 1912
Born: March 23
Died: 1977
Died: June 16
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Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun
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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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One good test is worth a thousand expert opinions.
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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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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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It will free man from the remaining chains, the chains of gravity which still tie him to this planet.
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It takes sixty-five thousand errors before you are qualified to make a rocket.
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Looking back, nothing seems so simple than a utopian vision realised.
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Science and religion are not antagonists. On the contrary, they are sisters. While science tries to learn more about the creation, religion tries to better understand the Creator. While through science man tries to harness the forces of nature around him, through religion he tries to harness the force of nature within him.
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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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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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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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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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My experiences with science led me to God. They challenge science to prove the existence of God. But must we really light a candle to see the sun?
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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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In order for us to use the very best judgment possible in spending the taxpayer's money intelligently, we just have to do a certain amount of this research and development work ourselves. We just have to keep our own hands dirty to command the professional respect of the contractor personnel engaged with actual design, shop and testing work.
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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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The best computer is a man, and it’s the only one that can be mass-produced by unskilled labor.
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A good engineer gets stale very fast if he doesn't keep his hands dirty.
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Get me a broom. I'll sweep my own office.
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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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