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  • Ben Bova: In science, 'never' is so far from the truth

    03/27/2007 8:15:39 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 14 replies · 549+ views
    Naples News ^ | Sunday, March 25, 2007 | Ben Bova
    Man will never fly. Wrong. Well, OK, but man will never break the sound barrier. Wrong. You can’t invent a vaccine against smallpox. Against measles. Against polio. Wrong, wrong, wrong... "We shall never be able by any means to study [the stars’] chemical composition," he wrote. Wrong... Now it’s time for another dire prediction: We will never be able to tell if there are planets orbiting around other stars. Wrong... Are there other Earth out there? Never say never. Now what about the science-fictiony idea of traveling faster than light? If we ever expect to visit those planets circling other...