Wernher von Braun

We will reach for the stars, and we will find them.

Without space, we are nothing.

My conscience is clear. I only ever wanted to go to the moon.

I am not a warmonger. I am a space enthusiast.

The space program is a catalyst for progress.

My whole life has been dedicated to the conquest of space.

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

I aim for the stars, but sometimes I hit London.

Don’t tell me that man doesn’t belong out there. Man belongs wherever he wants to go.

The Moon is a harsh mistress.

One cannot be timid when one works with liquid oxygen.

Space is like a jungle—sometimes you get what you want, and sometimes you get eaten.

The only progress you make is the progress you measure.

The dinosaurs became extinct because they didn’t have a space program.

Crash programs fail because they are based on the theory that, with nine women pregnant, you can get a baby a month.

The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

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

The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.

You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.

The most important thing is to have a vision—and then to stick with it.