Basic research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing. - Wernher von Braun
Crash programs fail because they are based on the theory that, with nine women pregnant, you can get a baby a month. - Wernher Von Braun
It [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. - Wernher von Braun
In Zukunft wird sich die Utopie beeilen müssen, wenn sie die Realität einholen will. - Wernher von Braun
All one can really leave one's children is what's inside their heads. Education, in other words, and not earthly possessions, is the ultimate legacy, the only thing that cannot be taken away. - Wernher von Braun
I'm convinced that before the year 2000 is over, the first child will have been born on the moon. - Wernher von Braun
I have learned to use the word 'impossible' with the greatest caution. - Wernher von Braun
Basic research is what I am doing when I don't know what I am doing. - Wernher von Braun
I have learned to use the word impossible with the greatest caution. - Wernher von Braun
We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming. - Wernher Von Braun
Man is the best computer we can put aboard a spacecraft... and the only one that can be mass produced with unskilled labor. - Wernher von Braun
There is just one thing I can promise you about the outer-space program: your dollar will go further. - Wernher Von Braun
In future utopia will need to hurry to keep up with reality. - Wernher von Braun