Wilson Greatbatch

France generates a significant part of its energy requirements from fission reactors and these have achieved a perfect safety record. We build ours all differently. ↗

— Wilson Greatbatch

#build #differently #energy #fission #france

History has repeatedly shown that when a new method or material becomes available, new uses for it arise. ↗

— Wilson Greatbatch

#available #becomes #history #material #method

I have long felt that an investment by the Department of Energy of a million dollars a year for the next 30 years would pay a higher return than any other investment this country could ever make. ↗

— Wilson Greatbatch

#could #country #department #dollars #energy

It is clear that the nation that assumes stewardship of the Moon now will inherit stewardship of the galaxy in the coming millennium. I think the USA is ready for that challenge! ↗

— Wilson Greatbatch

#challenge #clear #coming #galaxy #i

Nuclear fusion of light elements like hydrogen or helium would permit approaching the speed of light. It seems very attractive to refuel your space ships where the fuel is. ↗

— Wilson Greatbatch

#attractive #elements #fuel #fusion #helium

Our present nuclear fusion reactors are classified by the methods used to support the nuclear fusion reaction, which takes place at a temperature much hotter than the surface of the Sun. ↗

— Wilson Greatbatch

#fusion #hotter #methods #much #nuclear

The 20th Century was the century of Aviation and the century of Globalization. The next century will be the century of Space. ↗

— Wilson Greatbatch

#aviation #century #globalization #next #space

There is more He-3 energy on the Moon than we have ever had in the form of fossil fuels on Earth. All we have to do is to go there and get it. ↗

— Wilson Greatbatch

#energy #ever #form #fossil #fossil fuels

This is no job for a UN committee. It needs the same kind of unwavering dedication and the kinds of people that got us the first nuclear submarine and the first man on the moon. ↗

— Wilson Greatbatch

#dedication #first #got #job #kind

We have never succeeded in slowing down our nuclear fusion reactors. ↗

— Wilson Greatbatch

#fusion #never #nuclear #our #reactors