Don't ask your readers to admire your words when you want them to believe your story. — Ben Bova Copy Share Image
A new space race has begun, and most Americans are not even aware of it. This race is not [about] political prestige or military… — Ben Bova Copy Share Image
In science there is a dictum: don't add an experiment to an experiment. Don't make things unnecessarily complicated. In writing fiction, the more fantastic… — Ben Bova Copy Share Image
Omni is not a science magazine. It is a magazine about the future...Omni was sui generis. Although there were plenty of science magazines over… — Ben Bova Copy Share Image
“The art of fiction has not changed much since prehistoric times. The formula for telling a powerful story has remained the same: create a… — Ben Bova Copy Share Image
Up here [in space], you're free. Really free, for the first time in your life. All the laws and rules and prejudices they've been… — Ben Bova Copy Share Image
Don't ask your readers to admire your words when you want them to believe your story. — Ben Bova Copy Share Image
I think it's perfectly OK to exploit the moon. Largely for two reasons: there's no life there, and it is close enough and rich… — Ben Bova Copy Share Image
“A fanatic who is willing to die for his cause thinks nothing of killing you for his cause.” — Ben Bova Copy Share Image
As long as we're tied to Middle Eastern oil we're tied to Middle Eastern politics. We're hostages to the terrorists and nutcases who want… — Ben Bova Copy Share Image
“When we do this thing, we admit failure. We admit fear—yes, terror. We are terrified of a new idea, a new scientific discovery. The… — Ben Bova Copy Share Image
The Old Ones knew that life is not rare, but precious; not fragile, but vulnerable. Life is as deep as the seas in which… — Ben Bova Copy Share Image
![“A new space race has begun, and most Americans are not even aware of it. This race is not [about] political prestige or military power. This new race involves the whole human species in a contest against time.” quote by Ben Bova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/362/ben-bova-26822_contests_a-new-space-race-has-begun-and-most-amer_229764.jpg)
![“Up here [in space], you're free. Really free, for the first time in your life. All the laws and rules and prejudices they've been dumping on you all your life . . . they're all down there. Up here it's a new start. You can be yourself and do your own thing . . . and nobody can tell you different.” quote by Ben Bova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/565/ben-bova-26822_astronaut_up-here-in-space-you-re-free-really-free_819143.jpg)
