"Science, by itself, has no moral dimension. The drug which cures when taken in small doses may kill when taken in excess. The nuclear energies that produce cheap electrical power when harnessed in a reactor may kill when abruptly released in a bomb. Thus, it does not make sense to ask a scientist whether his poison or his nuclear energy is “good” or “bad” for mankind."
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Remarks on science and God, printed in an article, "Why I Believe", in the Sunday supplement, This Week, published by the Washington, DC. Star (July 18, 1965) and reprinted in the Congressional Record, vol. 111 (July 23, 1965) p. 18072. Cf. William Masters (June 24, 1966)
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Wernher von Braun
1912 – 1977
deutsch-amerikanischer Raumfahrttechniker
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