Wernher von Braun — "The greatest gain from space travel is the opportunity to see the Earth from a d…"

"I never gave up on my dream of space travel."

"I never worked for Hitler. I worked for the rockets."

"The guidelines of what we ought to do are furnished in the moral law of God. It is no longer enough that we pray that God may be with us on our side. We must learn again that we may be on God's side."

"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."

"Our knowledge and use of the laws of nature that enable us to fly to the Moon also enable us to destroy our home planet with the atom bomb. Science itself does not address the question whether we shou…"