Richard van der Riet Woolley Professions : Astronomer Born : April 24, 1906 Died : December 24, 1986 Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by Richard van der Riet Woolley Space travel is utter bilge. I don't think anybody will ever put up enough money to do such a thing. . . . It is all rather rot. Richard van der Riet Woolley future space thinking The whole procedure [of shooting rockets into space] . . . presents difficulties of so fundamental a nature, that we are forced to dismiss the notion as essentially impracticable, in spite of the author's insistent appeal to put aside prejudice and to recollect the supposed impossibility of heavier-than-air flight before it was actually accomplished. An analogy such as this may be misleading, and we believe it to be so in this case. Richard van der Riet Woolley future space believe Similar Authors Arthur Eddington astronomer Antony Hewish astronomer Annie Jump Cannon astronomer Andrea M. Ghez astronomer Allan Sandage astronomer Alar Toomre astronomer All Authors
