Rocket scientists agree that we have about reached the limit of our ability to travel in space using chemical rockets. To achieve anything near the speed of light we will need a new energy source and a new propellant. Nuclear… — Wilson Greatbatch Copy Share Image
Nuclear fusion of light elements like hydrogen or helium would permit approaching the speed of light. It seems very attractive to refuel your space… — Wilson Greatbatch Copy Share Image
Our present nuclear fusion reactors are classified by the methods used to support the nuclear fusion reaction, which takes place at a temperature much… — Wilson Greatbatch Copy Share Image
There is more energy locked up in sources around the solar system than we could ever reasonably expect to need, the problem would be… — Wilson Greatbatch Copy Share Image
When you buy a gallon of gas, over 60 percent of the energy you pay for goes out the radiator in the form of… — Wilson Greatbatch Copy Share Image
Rocket scientists agree that we have about reached the limit of our ability to travel in space using chemical rockets. To achieve anything near… — Wilson Greatbatch Copy Share Image
We need the kind of leadership exemplified by President Kennedy to just do it! But we must do it as good stewards, aggressively exerting… — Wilson Greatbatch Copy Share Image
Nearly all of our existing power sources are generators which use a heat cycle. This includes our coal, oil, and gas fired utilities, our… — Wilson Greatbatch Copy Share Image
We have never succeeded in slowing down our nuclear fusion reactors. — Wilson Greatbatch Copy Share Image
This is no job for a UN committee. It needs the same kind of unwavering dedication and the kinds of people that got us… — Wilson Greatbatch Copy Share Image
History has repeatedly shown that when a new method or material becomes available, new uses for it arise. — Wilson Greatbatch Copy Share Image
It is clear that the nation that assumes stewardship of the Moon now will inherit stewardship of the galaxy in the coming millennium. I… — Wilson Greatbatch Copy Share Image
I have long felt that an investment by the Department of Energy of a million dollars a year for the next 30 years would… — Wilson Greatbatch Copy Share Image
