The greatest gain from space travel consists in the extension of our knowledge. In a hundred years this newly won knowledge will pay huge and unexpected dividends.
WERNHER VON BRAUNThe greatest gain from space travel consists in the extension of our knowledge. In a hundred years this newly won knowledge will pay huge and unexpected dividends.
WERNHER VON BRAUNIt is in scientific honesty that I endorse the presentation of alternative theories for the origin of the universe, life and man in the science classroom. It would be an error to overlook the possibility that the universe was planned rather than happening by chance.
WERNHER VON BRAUNMy friends they were dancing here in the streets of Huntsville when our first satellite orbited the Earth. They were dancing again when the first Americans landed on the Moon. I’d like to ask you, don’t hang up your dancing slippers.
WERNHER VON BRAUNIt will free man from the remaining chains, the chains of gravity which still tie him to this planet.
WERNHER VON BRAUNLooking back, nothing seems so simple than a utopian vision realised.
WERNHER VON BRAUNI believe that the time has arrived for medical investigation of the problems of manned rocket flight, for it will not be the engineering problems but rather the limits of the human frame that will make the final decision as to whether manned space flight will eventually become a reality.
WERNHER VON BRAUNEverybody knows what the moon is, everybody knows what this decade is, and everybody can tell a live astronaut who returned from the moon from one who didn’t.
WERNHER VON BRAUNIf we continue at this leisurly pace, we will have to pass Russian customs when we land on the moon.
WERNHER VON BRAUNFor me, the idea of a creation is not conceivable without invoking the necessity of design. One cannot be exposed to the law and order of the universe without concluding that there must be design and purpose behind it all.
WERNHER VON BRAUNA good engineer gets stale very fast if he doesn’t keep his hands dirty.
WERNHER VON BRAUNFor my confirmation, I didn’t get a watch and my first pair of long pants, like most Lutheran boys. I got a telescope. My mother thought it would make the best gift.
WERNHER VON BRAUNDon’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.
WERNHER VON BRAUNI find it as difficult to understand a scientist who does not acknowledge the presence of a superior rationality behind the existence of the universe as it is to comprehend a theologian who would deny the advances of science.
WERNHER VON BRAUNThe same forces of nature which enable us to fly to the stars, enable us also to destroy our star.
WERNHER VON BRAUNMan belongs wherever he wants to go – and he’ll do plenty well when he gets there.
WERNHER VON BRAUNMy experiences with science led me to God. They challenge science to prove the existence of God. But must we really light a candle to see the sun?
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