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We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming.
Wernher von Braun
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Wernher von Braun
Age: 65 †
Born: 1912
Born: March 23
Died: 1977
Died: June 16
Aerospace Engineer
Architect
Engineer
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Military Personnel
Non-Fiction Writer
Physicist
Rocket Scientist
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Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun
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A good engineer gets stale very fast if he doesn't keep his hands dirty.
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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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It was very successful, but it fell on the wrong planet.
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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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