Wernher von Braun

Nature does not know extinction; all it knows is transformation.

Man is the first animal clever enough to build his own extinction machine.

What we need is more people who specialize in the impossible.

We knew that we had created a new means of warfare, and the question as to what to do with it was a moral problem for the world, not for us.

It is not a question of whether we will go to Mars, but when.

My father was a sportsman and a hunter, and he taught me to shoot when I was very young. I was always interested in what made things go.

The greatest gain from space travel is the opportunity to see the Earth from a distance.

My brain is like a sponge. I soak up everything I hear and read.

I aim at the stars, but hit the moon.

If I have to choose between a rocket and a woman, I'll take the rocket.

A good scientist is a man with an original mind who can think straight, but who also has a practical sense of what is possible.

I'm a natural-born optimist. I believe that we're going to solve all our problems.

The American taxpayer is going to get a good return on his investment in space.

I believe that space travel is the only way to save humanity.

I'm not interested in war, I'm interested in rockets.

The time will come when we can no longer afford to live on Earth.

I have never seen a rocket that didn't want to fly.

We are on the threshold of a new era of space exploration.

Failure is not an option.

The Earth is too small for us.