A Belief May Be Larger Than A

Putting A Man In Space Is A Stunt: The Man Can Do No More Than An Instrument, In Fact Can Do Less. There Are Far More Serious Things To Do Than Indulge In Stunts. . . . I Do Not Discard Completely The Value Of Demonstrating To The World Our Skills. Nor Do I Undervalue The Effect On Morale Of The Spectacular. But The Present Hullabaloo On The Propaganda Aspects Of The Program Leaves Me Entirely Cool.

Thus Science May Implement The Ways In Which Man Produces, Stores, And Consults The Record Of The Race.

The Question Of Whether A Device Will Come Into Being Depends Upon Three Things: First, Whether There Is A Practical Use For It That Warrants Its Development And Manufacturing Costs; Second, Whether The Laws Of Physics Applying To The Elements Available For Its Design Allow The Attainment Of The Needed Ranges, Sensitivities, Or The Like; And Third, Whether The Pertinent Art Of Manufacture Has Advanced Sufficiently To Allow A Useful Embodiment To Be Built Successfully.

The Summation Of Human Experience Is Being Expanded At A Prodigious Rate, And The Means We Use For Threading Through The Consequent Maze To The Momentarily Important Item Is The Same As Was Used In The Days Of Square-rigged Ships.

Fear Cannot Be Banished, But It Can Be Calm And Without Panic; It Can Be Mitigated By Reason And Evaluation.