Top 2 Quotes & Sayings by Sigmund Jahn

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a German aviator Sigmund Jahn.
Last updated on December 22, 2024.
Sigmund Jahn

Sigmund Werner Paul Jähn was a German cosmonaut and pilot who in 1978 became the first German to fly into space as part of the Soviet Union's Interkosmos programme.

Mankind is advanced technically. Man can build space stations, can assemble them in space, and ponders about landing on Mars, but the development of mankind itself seems to stagnate on stone age level.
Only when I saw the Earth from space, in all its ineffable beauty and fragility, did I realize that humankind's most urgent task is to cherish and preserve it for future generations.
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