Top 3 Quotes & Sayings by Loren Acton

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American physicist Loren Acton.
Last updated on December 22, 2024.
Loren Acton

Loren Wilber Acton is an American physicist who flew on Space Shuttle mission STS-51-F as a Payload Specialist for the Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratory. He is also the father of Cheryll Glotfelty, a leading ecocritic.

The only thing I've experienced that could compare to the launch in terms of raw power was the Loma Prieta earthquake. — © Loren Acton
The only thing I've experienced that could compare to the launch in terms of raw power was the Loma Prieta earthquake.
Looking outward to the blackness of space, sprinkled with the glory of a universe of lights, I saw majesty-but no welcome. Below was a welcoming planet. There, contained in the thin, moving, incredibly fragile shell of the biosphere is everything that is dear to you, all the human drama and comedy. That's where life is; that's were all the good stuff is.
When you look out the other way toward the stars you realize it's an awful long way to the next watering hole.
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