Travel the Planets with Willy Ley Space Scientist, You're gonna love this! |
Travel the Planets with Willy Ley Space Scientist, You're gonna love this! |
Aug 25 2007, 10:31 PM
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Aug 26 2007, 07:52 PM
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My favorite Willy Ley story comes from Isaac Asimov's autobiography, in which Asimov tells of an early science fiction convention attended by, among others, Willy Ley. Willy was in fine form, apparently, entrancing the ladies with his charming, thick German accent and his boundless energy when it came to putting words to his visions of space exploration. He was so impressive to the ladies, apparently, that on Sunday morning, the running joke around the convention was that if you posed Willy's name as a question -- "Willy Ley?" -- the answer was an obvious and resounding "yes."
-the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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Aug 27 2007, 02:30 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8783 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
He was so impressive to the ladies, apparently, that on Sunday morning, the running joke around the convention was that if you posed Willy's name as a question -- "Willy Ley?" -- the answer was an obvious and resounding "yes." -the other Doug Score one (well, maybe more than that), for the spacenerds! You know, this little parable just might be the key to saving civilization. If only being a scientist was perceived as cool by youngsters in the Fonzie/Michael Jordan/insert-name-of-current-celeb-here sense... -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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