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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
Inventor
Military Personnel
Non-Fiction Writer
Physicist
Rocket Scientist
Wirsitz
Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun
Space
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Sarcastic
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Spacecraft
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