Wernher von Braun Quotes

For NASA, space is still a high priority.

So much had already been done in space before that, it had all been documented and there were no real surprises in store for us.

Space exploration is a force of nature unto itself that no other force in society can rival.

We'd never have got a chance to go outside and look at the earth if it hadn't been for space exploration and NASA.

Anything that stimulates the public's imagination about the nobility and the importance of space exploration is something that I'm very excited to be a part of.

Iran wants to join the group of countries that want to know about the biggest things, like space.

The conquest of space is not merely a technological project of interest to a handful of select scientists and specialists, valuable though that research and information may be.

I believe in the importance of flying in space and the research that we do.

Looking down the road, space exploration and the benefits it yields - in medicine and information technology - should not be overlooked.

I would say keep supporting space flight, keep telling the public and the politicians why it's important to advance science and explore the galaxy. I encourage the Japanese to keep doing what they're doing.

Everyone, red state, blue state, everyone supports space exploration.

I've always been interested in space and the idea of exploration in that area since I was a child growing up through the '60s.

Space exploration is important research to our economic and national defense, and America's space program is a symbol of our success as a scientifically and technologically advanced nation.

We had 83 different space research projects on my last space flight in '98, and they covered the whole gamut.

America's love affair with traveling into outer space is deeply entrenched.

NASA has made a difference.

America's space program has been the envy and inspiration of the world. It has made landmark scientific discoveries that are a lasting legacy of this nation's greatness. It has studied Earth in ways no other nation can match.

NASA is an utterly fascinating place, and the fact that the buildings look so anonymous almost makes it more fascinating. You walk by a generic office-park-looking building, and you have no idea what's going on inside.

I've always been interested in the idea of space exploration. When I was younger it was just a dream, but the theory of rockets being able to travel through space was very much alive. I found it very exciting.

I watched the moon landing as a boy, and I thought that was the most exciting thing ever, going into space, orbiting Earth and exploring other planets. That looked fantastic.

NASA has been scattered to the four winds.

It's like turning the space program over to the Long Island Railroad.

We constantly learn new lessons up here. The experiences we gather will enable us to establish a long-term station on the moon and to go on to Mars.

With his deeds, not only words, President Obama has revitalized our struggling space program.

But even in elementary school and junior high, I was very interested in space and in the space program.