Wernher von Braun
Wernher von Braun
Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braunwas a German, later American, aerospace engineer and space architect credited with inventing the V-2 rocket for Nazi Germany and the Saturn V for the United States. He was one of the leading figures in the development of rocket technology in Nazi Germany, where he was a member of the Nazi Party and the SS. Following World War II, he was moved to the United States, along with about 1,500 other scientists, technicians, and engineers,...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth23 March 1912
CityWyrzysk, Poland
CountryGermany
Crash programs fail because they are based on theory that, with nine women pregnant, you can get a baby in a month.
There is just one thing I can promise you about the outer-space program - your tax-dollar will go further.
We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming.
The rocket worked perfectly except for landing on the wrong planet.
It will free man from the remaining chains, the chains of gravity which still tie him to this planet.
Science does not have a moral dimension. It is like a knife. If you give it to a surgeon or a murderer, each will use it differently.
My 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?
I believe in an immortal soul. Science has proved that nothing disintegrates into nothingness. Life and soul, therefore, cannot disintegrate into nothingness, and so are immortal.
Once the rockets are up, who cares where they come down ? That's not my department.
By the year 2000 we will undoubtedly have a sizable operation on the Moon, we will have achieved a manned Mars landing and it's entirely possible we will have flown with men to the outer planets.
In order for us to use the very best judgment possible in spending the taxpayer's money intelligently, we just have to do a certain amount of this research and development work ourselves. We just have to keep our own hands dirty to command the professional respect of the contractor personnel engaged with actual design, shop and testing work.
Looking back, nothing seems so simple than a utopian vision realised.
Man belongs wherever he wants to go.
What we will have attained when Neil Armstrong steps down upon the moon is a completely new step in the evolution of man.