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

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Wernher von Braun
German-born rocket engineer (1912-1977) who developed the V-2 for Nazi Germany and later led NASA's Saturn V program that put humans on the Moon. A controversial figure bridging wartime weapons and the space age.
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