"Research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I’m doing." ― Wernher von Braun Topic(s): Science More From Wernher von Braun "It will free man from the remaining chains, the chains of gravity which still tie him to this planet." "For my confirmation, I didn’t get a watch and my first pair of long pants, like most Lutheran boys. I got a telescope. My mother thought it would make the best gift." "We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming." More In Science "In beef trade issues, we base our decisions upon science."― Mike Johanns "It’s the game of life. Do I win or do I lose? One day they’re gonna shut the game down. I gotta have as much fun and go around the board as many times as I can before it’s my turn to leave."― Tupac Shakur "I think doing something of your life is something that you’ve got deep inside, whether it’s to, whether you want to be an astronaut or a, whether you want to do science, or whether you want to be a movie star, or whatever."― Philippe Perrin