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It will free man from the remaining chains, the chains of gravity which still tie him to this planet.
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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If we were to start today on an organized and well-supported space program I believe a practical passenger rocket can be built and tested within ten years.
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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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There are flying grandfathers. But I intend to be an orbiting grandfather.
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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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