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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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Wernher von Braun
Age: 65 †
Born: 1912
Born: March 23
Died: 1977
Died: June 16
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To simply dismiss the concept of God as being unscientific is to violate the very objectivity of science itself.
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What we will have attained when Neil Armstrong steps down upon the moon is a completely new step in the evolution of man.
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