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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.
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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Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun
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In 1492 Columbus knew less about the far Atlantic than we do about the heavens, yet he chose not to sail with a flotilla of less than three ships. . . . So it is with interplanetary exploration: it must be done on the grand scale.
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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.
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Don't tell me that man doesn't belong out there. Man belongs wherever he wants to go - and he'll do plenty well when he gets there.
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Man belongs wherever he wants to go - and he'll do plenty well when he gets there.
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Conquering the universe one has to solve two problems: gravity and red tape. We could have mastered gravity.
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Looking back, nothing seems so simple than a utopian vision realised.
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It was very successful, but it fell on the wrong planet.
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It is in scientific honesty that I endorse the presentation of alternative theories for the origin of the universe, life and man in the science classroom. It would be an error to overlook the possibility that the universe was planned rather than happening by chance.
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I find it as difficult to understand a scientist who does not acknowledge the presence of a superior rationality behind the existence of the universe as it is to comprehend a theologian who would deny the advances of science.
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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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A good engineer gets stale very fast if he doesn't keep his hands dirty.
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We should remember that science exists only because there are people, and its concepts exist only in the minds of men. Behind these concepts lies the reality which is being revealed to us, but only by the grace of God.
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I have learned to use the word 'impossible' with the greatest caution.
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Science does not have a moral dimension. It is like a knife. If you give it to a surgeon or a murderer, each will use it differently.
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By the year 2000 we will undoubtedly have a sizable operation on the Moon, we will have achieved a manned Mars landing and it's entirely possible we will have flown with men to the outer planets.
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The rocket worked perfectly, except for landing on the wrong planet.
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With our present knowledge, we can respond to the challenge of stellar space flight solely with intellectual concepts and purely hypothetical analysis. Hardware solutions are still entirely beyond our reach and far, far away.
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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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To simply dismiss the concept of God as being unscientific is to violate the very objectivity of science itself.
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I believe in an immortal soul. Science has proved that nothing disintegrates into nothingness. Life and soul, therefore, cannot disintegrate into nothingness, and so are immortal.
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