"Putting a man in space is a stunt:……" — Vannevar Bush
"Putting a man in space is a stunt: the man can do no more than an instrument, in fact can do less. There are far more serious things to do than indulge in stunts. . . . I do not discard completely the value of demonstrating to the world our skills. Nor do I undervalue the effect on morale of the spectacular. But the present hullabaloo on the propaganda aspects of the program leaves me entirely cool."
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25 Quotes by Vannevar Bush
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Fear cannot be banished, but it can be calm and without panic; it can be mitigated by reason and evaluation.
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Science has a simple faith, which transcends utility. Nearly all men of science, all men of learning for that matter,…
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Basic scientific research is scientific capital.
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A belief may be larger than a fact.
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The scene changes but the aspirations of men of good will persist.
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To pursue science is not to disparage the things of the spirit. In fact, to pursue science rightly is to…
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A record, if it is to be useful to science, must be continuously extended, it must be stored, and above…
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There will always be plenty of things to compute in the detailed affairs of millions of people doing complicated things.
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The camera hound of the future wears on his forehead a lump a little larger than a walnut.
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Wholly new forms of encyclopedias will appear, ready made with a mesh of associative trails running through them, ready to…
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