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Present annual world energy consumption is about equal to the annihilation energy of 4 tons of matter.
Bernard M. Oliver
The sun and its retinue of planets drift as a group through the vast gulfs of space that separate 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
In the past, on Earth, it has largely been to exploit foreign resources and to expand the domestic territory.
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
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 a substantial fraction of the speed of light.
Bernard M. Oliver
If interstellar travel is as time- or energy- demanding as the above figures indicate, it is far from obvious what the motive for colonization might be.
Bernard M. Oliver
Antimatter is not a source of energy for us, it's a method of storing energy, compact but inefficient.
Bernard M. Oliver
No one can deny the excitement of visiting another world.
Bernard M. Oliver
Bernard M. Oliver
Occupation:
American Scientist
Born:
May 17, 1916
Died:
November 23, 1995
Quotes count:
10
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