James Van Allen Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“Certainly one of the most enthralling things about human life is the recognition that we live in what, for practical purposes, is a universe without bounds.”
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“I am never as clear about any matter as when I have finished writing about it.”
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“I think we need someone in a responsible political position to have the courage to say, 'Let's terminate human spaceflight.'”
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“These days, it's really been uninteresting except when disasters occur.”
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“Our family was very fond of the University of Iowa. We thought it was a good place to go.”
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“I was a kind of a one-man army. I could solder circuits together, I could turn out things on the lathe, I could work with rockets and balloons. I'm a kind of a hybrid between an engineer and a physicist and astronomer.”
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“A man is a fabulous nuisance in space right now. He's not worth all the cost of putting him up there and keeping him comfortable and working.”
-- James Van Allen
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