Author: Wernher von Braun

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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.

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.

- Wernher von Braun

There is just one thing I can promise you about the outer-space program - your tax-dollar will go further.

There is just one thing I can promise you about the outer-space program - your tax-dollar will go further.

- Wernher von Braun

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

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

- Wernher von Braun

I have learned to use the word 'impossible' with the greatest caution.

I have learned to use the word 'impossible' with the greatest caution.

- Wernher von Braun

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

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

- Wernher von Braun

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