ad astra per aspera Phrase
Meaning:
to the stars through difficulties, through hardships to the stars, to the stars through hardships
Comment
Or, "a rough road leads to the stars", as on the Launch Complex 34 memorial plaque for the astronauts of Apollo 1. Motto of the State of Kansas and other organisations.
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