The Voice of Dr. Wernher Von Braun: An...
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“In Zukunft wird sich die Utopie beeilen müssen, wenn sie die Realität einholen will.”
Source: The Mars Project
Source: The Voice of Dr. Wernher Von Braun: An Anthology
“Looking back, nothing seems so simple than a utopian vision realised.”
“The same forces of nature which enable us to fly to the stars, enable us also to destroy our star.”
“Man belongs wherever he wants to go - and he'll do plenty well when he gets there.”
“Basic research is what I am doing when I don't know what I am doing.”
“I have learned to use the word 'impossible' with the greatest caution.”
“We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming.”
“The best computer is a man, and it’s the only one that can be mass-produced by unskilled labor.”
“It takes sixty-five thousand errors before you are qualified to make a rocket.”
Source: The Voice of Dr. Wernher Von Braun: An Anthology
“The rocket worked perfectly, except for landing on the wrong planet.”
Source: The Voice of Dr. Wernher Von Braun: An Anthology
“I'm convinced that before the year 2000 is over, the first child will have been born on the moon.”
“A good engineer gets stale very fast if he doesn't keep his hands dirty.”
Source: Space Frontier
“There are flying grandfathers. But I intend to be an orbiting grandfather.”