James Van Allen

“I'm one of the most durable and fervent advocates of space exploration, but my take is that we could do it robotically at far less cost and far greater quantity and quality of results.”

“The scientific truth of the matter is that we're an infinitesimal speck of dust.”

“I must say that it was a very lucky circumstance that the satellite was tumbling.”

“There's no particular virtue in being a lone wolf.”

“I'm a tinkerer, and I'm a craftsman, and I'm a scholar.”

“The main thing that has caused the Space Program to be successful is the romantic urge of mankind to go where no man has gone before.”