Konstantin Tsiolkovsky Quotes

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• From the rocket we can see the huge sphere of the planet in one or another phase of the Moon. We can see how the…
• Men are weak now, and yet they transform the Earth's surface. In millions of years their might will increase to the extent that they will…
• For me, a rocket is only a means--only a method of reaching the depths of space--and not an end in itself... There's no doubt that…
• Man must at all costs overcome the Earth's gravity and have, in reserve, the space at least of the Solar System.
• Man will not always stay on Earth; the pursuit of light and space will lead him to penetrate the bounds of the atmosphere, timidly at…
• To set foot on the soil of the asteroids, to lift by hand a rock from the Moon, to observe Mars from a distance of…
• First, inevitably, the idea, the fantasy, the fairy tale. Then, scientific calculation. Ultimately, fulfillment crowns the dream.
• A planet is the cradle of mind, but one cannot live in a cradle forever.
• Consider a cask filled with a highly compressed gas. If we open one of its taps the gas will escape through it in a continuous…
• Man must at all costs overcome the Earth's gravity and have, in reserve, the space at least of the Solar System. All kinds of danger…
• All our knowledge - past, present, and future - is nothing compared to what we will never know.
• The Earth is the cradle of Humanity. But one doesn't always live in the cradle.
• The Earth is the cradle of humanity, but mankind cannot stay in the cradle forever.

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