The sun and its retinue of planets drift as a group through the vast gulfs of space that separate the stars.
Years of science fiction have produced a mindset that it is human destiny to expand from Earth, to the Moon, to Mars, to the stars. - Bernard M. Oliver
Years of science fiction have produced a mindset that it is human destiny to expand from Earth, to the Moon, to Mars, to the stars.
- Bernard M. Oliver
The factor most ignored in discussing interstellar flight is the kinetic energy that must be invested in the ship to make its tons of matter move at … - Bernard M. Oliver
The factor most ignored in discussing interstellar flight is the kinetic energy that must be invested in the ship to make its tons of matter move at …
Above all, I would not expect a wise race, at great expense, to set loose an army of self-replicating robots. - Bernard M. Oliver
Above all, I would not expect a wise race, at great expense, to set loose an army of self-replicating robots.
Present annual world energy consumption is about equal to the annihilation energy of 4 tons of matter. - Bernard M. Oliver
Present annual world energy consumption is about equal to the annihilation energy of 4 tons of matter.
Antimatter is not a source of energy for us, it's a method of storing energy, compact but inefficient. - Bernard M. Oliver
Antimatter is not a source of energy for us, it's a method of storing energy, compact but inefficient.
The sun and its retinue of planets drift as a group through the vast gulfs of space that separate the stars. - Bernard M. Oliver
It would be a pity if, frustrated by the price of travel, we elected to become a society that never made contact, that never gave SETI a fair chance. - Bernard M. Oliver
It would be a pity if, frustrated by the price of travel, we elected to become a society that never made contact, that never gave SETI a fair chance.
In the past, on Earth, it has largely been to exploit foreign resources and to expand the domestic territory. - Bernard M. Oliver
In the past, on Earth, it has largely been to exploit foreign resources and to expand the domestic territory.
No one can deny the excitement of visiting another world. - Bernard M. Oliver
No one can deny the excitement of visiting another world.
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