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 with rockets and balloons. I'm a kind of a hybrid between an engineer and a physicist… — 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 comfortable and working. — 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
