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Sergei Korolev
6 quotes
“Why congratulate me? We are miners, no one knows our names, we work underground.”
Sergei Korolev (1907–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Soviet space engineer, Sergey Korolev, who inspires Elon Musk" in ABC News (17 October 2021)
“The further conquest of space will make it possible, for example, to create systems of satellites making daily revolutions around our planet at an altitude of some 40,000 kilometers, and to assure universal communications and the relaying of radio and television transmissions. There is no such thing as an unsolvable problem.”
Sergei Korolev (1907–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The time will come when a spacecraft carrying human beings will leave the earth and set out on a voyage to distant planets to remote worlds. Today this may seem only an enticing fantasy, but such in fact is not the case. The launching of the first two Soviet Sputniks has already thrown a sturdy bridge from the earth into space, and the way to the stars is open.”
Sergei Korolev (1907–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Abbreviated Lives Tragic Tales of Artists Scientists and Writers, pg. 128 (2022)
“Anyone can build complicated. Our actions are determined by simplicity.”
Sergei Korolev (1907–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: SOS im All. Pannen, Probleme und Katastrophen der bemannten Raumfahrt [SOS in Space. Breakdowns, Problems and Disasters in Manned Spaceflight], pg. 163 (2000)
“Today the dreams of the best sons of mankind have come true. The assault on space has begun.”
Sergei Korolev (1907–1966) first seen 1957 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in 1957, Red Star in Orbit by James Oberg (1981)
“We are all going to be shot, and there will be no obituary.”
Sergei Korolev (1907–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Classic Aerospace History. (2025, October 19). On Sergei Korolev[Video] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96oTYne2PGk?t=31m10s