Quotes from James Van Allen

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.

Our family was very fond of the University of Iowa. We thought it was a good place to go.

We had an erector set, and I was an avid fan of Popular Mechanics and Popular Science magazines.

Certainly one of the most enthralling things about human life is the recognition that we live in what, for practical purposes, is a universe without bounds.

These days, it's really been uninteresting except when disasters occur.

I think we need someone in a responsible political position to have the courage to say, 'Let's terminate human spaceflight.'