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The greatest gain from space travel consists in the extension of our knowledge. In a hundred years this newly won knowledge will pay huge and unexpected dividends.
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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I'm convinced that before the year 2000 is over, the first child will have been born on the moon.
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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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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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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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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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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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The same forces of nature which enable us to fly to the stars, enable us also to destroy our star.
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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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