To Simply Dismiss The Concept Of God

If We Were To Start Today On An Organized And Well-supported Space Program I Believe A Practical Passenger Rocket Can Be Built And Tested Within Ten Years.

Our Sun Is One Of A 100 Billion Stars In Our Galaxy. Our Galaxy Is One Of Billions Of Galaxies Populating The Universe. It Would Be The Height Of Presumption To Think That We Are The Only Living Thing In That Enormous Immensity.

With Our Present Knowledge, We Can Respond To The Challenge Of Stellar Space Flight Solely With Intellectual Concepts And Purely Hypothetical Analysis. Hardware Solutions Are Still Entirely Beyond Our Reach And Far, Far Away.

The Best Computer Is A Man, And It’s The Only One That Can Be Mass-produced By Unskilled Labor.

The Logistic Requirements For A Large, Elaborate Mission To Mars Are No Greater That Those For A Minor Military Operation Extending Over A Limited Theatre Of War.