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Space travel is utter bilge. - Dr. Richard van der Reit Wooley, Astronomer Royal, space advisor to the British government, 1956. (Sputnik orbited the earth
by wisty 16y ago
Space travel is utter bilge.
- Dr. Richard van der Reit Wooley, Astronomer Royal, space advisor to the British government, 1956. (Sputnik orbited the earth the following year.)
IIRC, this is a misquote. The original was something like "All this talk of space travel is utter bilge. It would cost as much as a major war to put a man on the Moon." Which was more or less correct.
- pierrefar 16y agoWhen did facts ever stop an opportunity to hype up a story? Anyway, for reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_van_der_Riet_Woolley http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_van_der_Riet_Woolley
- bonch 16y agoReminds me of the Bill Gates 640kb quote. Gates has denied saying it, but even if he had, it would have been an accurate statement at the time it was supposedly made.
- chc 16y agoThe 640 KB quote wasn't about the time is was supposedly made. That's why it's so laughable. It was "Nobody will ever need more than 640 KB."