Wernher von Braun

Quotes

• “The rocket worked perfectly, except for landing on the wrong planet.”
• “We knew that we had created a new means of warfare, and the question as to what nation, to what victorious nation we were willing to entrust this brainchild of ours was a moral decision more than anything else. We wanted to see the world spared another conflict such as Germany had just been through, and we felt that only by surrendering such a weapon to people who are guided by the Bible could such an assurance to the world be best secured.”
• “Basic research is what I am doing when I don't know what I am doing.”
• “Everything in space obeys the laws of physics. If you know these laws, and obey them, space will treat you kindly. And don't tell me that man doesn't belong out there. Man belongs wherever he wants to go — and he’ll do plenty well when he gets there.”
• “We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming.”
• “There is just one thing I can promise you about the outer-space program: Your tax dollar will go farther.”

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