Forest Ray Moulton quotes

Forest Ray Moulton quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“There is no hope for the fanciful idea of reaching the moon because of insurmountable barriers to escaping the earth's gravity”
-- Forest Ray Moulton

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“There is not in sight any source of energy that would be a fair start toward that which would be necessary to get us beyond the gravitative control of the earth.”
-- Forest Ray Moulton

Source : Forest Ray Moulton (1935). “Consider the Heavens”

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“There is no theory that would guide us through interplantary space to another world even if we could control our departure from the earth; there is no means of carrying the large amount oxygen, water, and food that would be necessary for such a long journey; and there is not known way of easing our ether ship down on the surface of another world, if we could get there.”
-- Forest Ray Moulton

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