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 the years...Omni was the first magazine to slant all its pieces toward the future. It was… — 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. All of… — 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
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![“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)
