Hermann Oberth Quotes


"Our educational system is like an automobile which has strong rear lights, brightly illuminating the past. But looking forward things are barely discernible."
- Hermann Oberth
(Related: Past)

"If there is a small rocket on top of a big one, and if the big one is jettisoned and the small one is ignited, then their speeds are added."
- Hermann Oberth
"I refrained from writing another one, thinking to myself: Never mind, I will prove that I am able to become a greater scientist than some of you, even without the title of doctor."
- Hermann Oberth
(Related: Mind, Thinking, Will, Writing)