We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming.
There is just one thing I can promise you about the outer-space program - your tax-dollar will go further.
It will free man from the remaining chains, the chains of gravity which still tie him to this planet.
For my confirmation, I didn't get a watch and my first pair of long pants, like most Lutheran boys. I got a telescope. My mother thought it would make the best gift.
Conquering the universe one has to solve two problems: gravity and red tape. We could have mastered gravity.
It was very successful, but it fell on the wrong planet.
