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There are flying grandfathers. But I intend to be an orbiting grandfather.
Wernher von Braun
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Wernher von Braun
Age: 65 †
Born: 1912
Born: March 23
Died: 1977
Died: June 16
Aerospace Engineer
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Rocket Scientist
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Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun
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It was very successful, but it fell on the wrong planet.
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For me, the idea of a creation is not conceivable without invoking the necessity of design. One cannot be exposed to the law and order of the universe without concluding that there must be design and purpose behind it all.
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My friends they were dancing here in the streets of Huntsville when our first satellite orbited the Earth. They were dancing again when the first Americans landed on the Moon. I'd like to ask you, don't hang up your dancing slippers.
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