Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by Kenneth Franklin

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Last updated on December 19, 2024.

Kenneth Linn Franklin was an American astronomer and educator. Franklin was the chief scientist at the Hayden Planetarium from 1956 to 1984 and was co-credited with discovering radio waves originating on Jupiter, the first detection of signals from another planet. He was often a local and national media figure including during Apollo 11, the first human mission to the moon, when Franklin was an on-camera astronomy expert for NBC.

March 25, 1923 - June 18, 2007

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The word "dis-aster," in fact, means "bad star."

Kenneth Franklin

Vannevar Bush has said that there is no more thrilling experience for a man than to be able to state that he has learned something no other person in the world has ever known before him. … I have been lucky enough to be included in such an event.

Kenneth Franklin

Whenever you note the time on the clock, realize that it is now—right now—later than it has ever been.

Kenneth Franklin

At times the [radio telescope] records exhibited a feature characteristic of interference, occurring some time later than the passage of the two known sources. This intermittent feature was curious, and I recall saying once that we would have to investigate the origin of that interference some day. We joked that it was probably due to the faulty ignition of some farm hand returning from a date.

Kenneth Franklin

Top 4 Quotes & Sayings by Kenneth Franklin

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