Quotes by Wernher von Braun

“Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.”

“We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming.”

“It will free man from the remaining chains, the chains of gravity which still tie him to this planet.”

“For my confirmation, I didn't get a watch and my first pair of long pants, like most Lutheran boys. I got a telescope. My mother thought it would make the best gift.”

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