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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.

Wernher von Braun

1958

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1958

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Wernher von Braun

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Von Braun, Werner. "Space: Reach for the Stars." Time, 17 Feb. 1958.

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