Wernher von Braun

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

I have learned to use the word 'impossible' with the greatest caution.

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

I have learned to use the word impossible with the greatest caution.

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

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

Man is the best computer we can put aboard a spacecraft... and the only one that can be mass produced with unskilled labor.

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