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. — James Van Allen Copy Share Image
Our family was very fond of the University of Iowa. We thought it was a good place to go. — James Van Allen Copy Share Image
I was a kind of a one-man army. I could solder circuits together, I could turn out things on the lathe, I could work… — James Van Allen Copy Share Image
Certainly one of the most enthralling things about human life is the recognition that we live in what, for practical purposes, is a universe… — James Van Allen Copy Share Image
My position is that it is high time for a calm debate on more fundamental questions. Does human spaceflight continue to serve a compelling… — James Van Allen Copy Share Image
I am never as clear about any matter as when I have finished writing about it. — James Van Allen Copy Share Image
In a dispassionate comparison of the relative values of human and robotic spaceflight, the only surviving motivation for continuing human spaceflight is the ideology… — James Van Allen Copy Share Image
These days, it's really been uninteresting except when disasters occur. — James Van Allen Copy Share Image
We had an erector set, and I was an avid fan of Popular Mechanics and Popular Science magazines. — James Van Allen Copy Share Image
A man is a fabulous nuisance in space right now. He's not worth all the cost of putting him up there and keeping him… — James Van Allen Copy Share Image
I think we need someone in a responsible political position to have the courage to say, 'Let's terminate human spaceflight.' — James Van Allen Copy Share Image
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… — James Van Allen Copy Share Image
