Wernher von Braun Quotes on Space
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Development of the space station is as inevitable as the rising of the sun; man has already poked his nose into space and he is not likely to pull it back...
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It will free man from his remaining chains, the chains of gravity which still tie him to this planet. It will open to him the gates of heaven.
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Man is the best computer we can put aboard a spacecraft... and the only one that can be mass-produced with unskilled labor.
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The mastery of space is man's greatest adventure and his most inspiring undertaking. It should spur us to maximum effort. The nation which mastered all of man's earthly environment- land, sea and air- owes to its destiny the mastery of the limitless environment of space.
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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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There is just one thing I can promise you about the outer-space program- your tax-dollar will go further.