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“In the past, it was only in science fiction novels that you could read about ordinary people being able to go to space... But you laid the foundation for space tourism.”
“The partisanship surrounding space exploration and the retrenching of U.S. space policy are part of a more general trend: the decline of science in the United States. As its interest in science wan...”
“Asteroids have us in our sight. The dinosaurs didn't have a space program, so they're not here to talk about this problem. We are, and we have the power to do something about it. I don't want to be...”
“To move forward, what's required is a unified space agenda based on exploration, science, development, commerce, and security.”
“The mysteriousness and mystique of space is such, that science fiction attempts to tantalize you by telling you a story that could possibly be out there and that's the appeal of science fiction.”
“A day will come when other Israelis will be launched into space in the service of science and progress. For them and for us, Ilan Ramon will always be a source of inspiration as Israel's space pion...”
“Very little useful science got done in the space station. NASA never did the experiments needed to develop the technologies required for a genuine interplanetary expedition: centrifugal gravity to ...”
“If I had unlimited funds, wall space and storage, I would collect a lot more things, like 'Planet of the Apes,' 'Star Wars,' science fiction stuff, autographs, and prop guns and weapons. I have to ...”
“People are fascinated by space flight. It makes them interested in science, gets them asking questions and motivates them.”
“You don't go into space just for the science. Economically, it is not worth it. I think the reason we should be in space is for the exploration; it's the human endeavour.”
“Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes.”
“When people think about computer science, they imagine people with pocket protectors and thick glasses who code all night.”
“The next major explosion is going to be when genetics and computers come together. I'm talking about an organic computer - about biological substances that can function like a semiconductor.”
“Computer science is one of the worst things that ever happened to either computers or to science.”
“As a science fiction fan, I had always assumed that when computers supplemented our intelligence, it would be because we outsourced some of our memory to them. We would ask questions, and our machi...”
“I've been programming computers since elementary school, where they taught us, and I stuck with computer science through high school and college.”
“I went to college at the University of Kansas, where I got a degree in political science.”
“When radium was discovered, no one knew that it would prove useful in hospitals. The work was one of pure science. And this is a proof that scientific work must not be considered from the point of ...”
“The caricature of science is that we hold tight to the theories we have, and shun challenges to them. That's just not true. In fact, we hold our highest rewards for those scientists who can prove o...”
“Science is a perception of the world around us. Science is a place where what you find in nature pleases you.”
