Through this collection of speeches we get a rare look into the mind of one of space exploration's most important pioneers. In a time when other scientists were content to discuss outlandish ideas about spaceflight in ivory towers, Von Braun took his message to "the man who pays the bill" exciting the public about the prospects of spaceflight. Here are speeches made to educators and children, dentists and carpenters, military officers and members of the ministry. Von Braun's talks may well have been a contribution equal to his engineering in advancing man's journey into space. Recommended.