Poor Relation Quotes (1 quote)
It is well to understand that NASA exists in order to put a man on the moon. … I do not believe that anything really worthwhile will come out of the exploration of the slag heap that constitutes the surface of the moon. … Nobody should imagine that the enormous financial budget of NASA implies that astronomy is now a well supported subject. For a long time astronomy has been the poor relation of the physical sciences.
In Galaxies, Nuclei, and Quasars (1965), 159.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
(1987) -- 
