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James R. Killian1 quote
It is useful to distinguish among four factors which give importance, urgency, and inevitability to the advancement of space technology. The first of these factors is the compelling urge of man to explore and to discover, the thrust of curiosity that leads men to try to go where no one has gone before. — James R. Killian · 1958Professor Brand1 quote
We're not meant to save the world. We're meant to leave it. — Professor Brand · 2014Sally Ride1 quote
Weightlessness is a great equalizer. — Sally Ride · 1984Wernher von Braun1 quote
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