Wernher Von Braun died 46 years ago: seven essential appointments

June 16 () –

This June 16 marks the 46th anniversary of the death, in 1977, of Wernher von Braun, considered one of the greatest rocket designers, from the Nazi V2 to the Saturn V, which took humans to the Moon.

Born in 1912 in Wirsitz, in the then German Empire, Brown was in charge of Nazi Germany’s military rocket program and it was delivered to the Americans at the end of World War II. He was drafted by NASA and became a naturalized citizen in the 1950s. He passed away in 1977. From countless lectures and interviews with him, here we select seven quotes that illustrate his thinking.

– Science does not have a moral dimension. It’s like a knife. If you give it to a surgeon or an assassin, each one will use it differently.

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

– The conquest of the universe has to solve two problems: gravity and bureaucracy. We could have mastered gravity.

– A good test is worth a thousand expert opinions.

– The best computer is a man, and it is the only one that can be mass-produced by unskilled labor.

– Science and religion are not antagonists. Rather, they are sisters. While science tries to learn more about creation, religion tries to better understand the Creator.

– Don’t tell me the man doesn’t belong out there. Man belongs wherever he wants him to go, and he will fully do so when he gets there.