Krafft Arnold Ehricke

(1917–1984) Military Flight Engineer United States

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Krafft Arnold Ehricke was a military flight engineer from the United States, best known for Space flight.

Quick Facts About Krafft Arnold Ehricke

Born: March 24, 1917
Died: December 11, 1984
Nationality: United States
Profession: Military Flight Engineer
Notable works: Space flight

About Krafft Arnold Ehricke

Krafft Arnold Ehricke was a German rocket-propulsion engineer and advocate for space colonization. Ehricke is a co-designer of the first Centaur liquid oxygen/liquid hydrogen upper stage.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Krafft Arnold Ehricke

The economic function of space industrialization is to generate jobs on Earth, not in space.

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Earth

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Man's mind and spirit grow with the space in which they are allowed to operate.

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Aviation

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While civilization is more than a high material living standard it is nevertheless based on material abundance. It does not thrive on…

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Abundance

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Man, the cutting edge of terrestrial life, has no rational alternative but to expand the environmental and resource base beyond Earth.

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Alternatives

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If God wanted man to become a spacefaring species, he would have given man a moon.

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Given

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One of the most thoughtless statements, parroted ad nauseam ever since rational concern for our environment exploded into an emotional syndrome, calls…

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