Quotes by : Wernher von Braun

In future utopia will need to hurry to keep up with reality.

Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.

It [the rocket] will free man from his remaining chains, the chains of gravity which still tie him to....

Basic research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.

For my confirmation, I didn't get a watch and my first pair of long pants, like most Lutheran boys. I....

We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming.

The rocket worked perfectly except for landing on the wrong planet.

Basic research is when I'm doing what I don't know what I'm doing.

I'm convinced that before the year 2000 is over, the first child will have been born on the moon.

There is just one thing I can promise you about the outer-space program - your tax-dollar will go further.....