"Going to the moon is not a matter of physics but of economics."
— John R. Platt

January 1, 1970

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John R. Platt (1958) Technocracy digest No 170-182, cited in: Lawrence R. Samuel (2009) Future: A Recent History. University of Texas Press. p. 92