“The rocket will free man from his remaining chains, the chains of gravity which still tie him to this planet. It will open to him the gates of heaven.”

About Willy Ley

Author • American

Willy Ley was a German-American science writer and a pioneering advocate for rocketry and spaceflight. Born in Berlin, he co-founded the German 'Verein für Raumschiffahrt' (Society for Space Travel) before emigrating to...