Bernard M. Oliver Quotes

• The sun and its retinue of planets drift as a group through the vast gulfs of space that separate the stars.

  Bernard M. Oliver

  Stars, Space, Groups

  Bernard M. Oliver, Len Cutler (1997). “The Selected Papers of Bernard M. Oliver”

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• 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

  Stars, Moon, Destiny

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• In the past, on Earth, it has largely been to exploit foreign resources and to expand the domestic territory.

  Bernard M. Oliver

  Past, Territory, Earth

  Bernard M. Oliver, Len Cutler (1997). “The Selected Papers of Bernard M. Oliver”

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• 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

  Frustrated, Would Be, Chance

  Bernard M. Oliver, Len Cutler (1997). “The Selected Papers of Bernard M. Oliver”

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• 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.

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  Moving, Light, Matter

  Bernard M. Oliver, Len Cutler (1997). “The Selected Papers of Bernard M. Oliver”

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• No one can deny the excitement of visiting another world.

  Bernard M. Oliver

  Ethos, World, Excitement

  Bernard M. Oliver, Len Cutler (1997). “The Selected Papers of Bernard M. Oliver”

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• Present annual world energy consumption is about equal to the annihilation energy of 4 tons of matter.

  Bernard M. Oliver

  Energy, World, Matter

  Bernard M. Oliver, Len Cutler (1997). “The Selected Papers of Bernard M. Oliver”

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• Above all, I would not expect a wise race, at great expense, to set loose an army of self-replicating robots.

  Bernard M. Oliver

  Wise, Army, Race

  Bernard M. Oliver, Len Cutler (1997). “The Selected Papers of Bernard M. Oliver”

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• Antimatter is not a source of energy for us, it's a method of storing energy, compact but inefficient.

  Bernard M. Oliver

  Energy, Source, Method

  Bernard M. Oliver, Len Cutler (1997). “The Selected Papers of Bernard M. Oliver”

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