WHAT DOES "AD ASTRA PER ASPERA" MEAN?

Dear readers:

Q: WHAT DOES "AD ASTRA PER ASPERA" MEAN?

A:

The motto of Kansas, "Ad Astra per Aspera" is Latin for "to the stars through difficulties." John James Ingalls coined the motto in 1861 stating, "The aspiration of Kansas is to reach the unattainable; its dream is the realization of the impossible." According to the Office of the Governor of Kansas: "This motto refers not only to the pioneering spirit of the early settlers, but also the difficult times Kansas went through before becoming a state.

--Kelly Unger, 2009 to 2011

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Note: In our new Journal of Cosmology, Filaments, and Astrobiology, we also adopt the same phrase "Per aspera ad astra."

url: ASPG (americaspg.com)