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Well, Benny, now that we know the thing can fly, all we have to do is improve its range a bit.

Simon Ramo

We are in rapid transition today to a new world which threatens to be dominated by technological advance. In that new World. (1) man will have learned so much about nature's store of energy and its release that he will have the ability to virtually destroy civilization; (2) production, communication and transportation will all be "automatic" —these operations of man's material world will have become so vast and complex that they will have to proceed with a minimum of participation by man, his muscles, brains and senses; and (3) man will conquer space.

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Obama can't announce that man-in-space is out of date because of the political consequences... Senators and congressmen from Florida, Texas and Alabama (centers of space-program jobs) would give him so much trouble he can't cancel it.

Simon Ramo

Whether what you manage is a business, hospital, university department, government agency or even a symphony orchestra or dancing school, we suspect you will find it advisable to try to prepare ahead for what might happen in the future.

Simon Ramo

To believe something strongly when it is clearly hard to define and prove, and has not been proven, is to be prejudiced.

Simon Ramo

Simon Ramo

Simon Ramo

Born: May 7, 1913

Died: June 27, 2016 (aged 103)

Bio: Simon "Si" Ramo is an American engineer, business leader and author. He led development of microwave and missile technology and is sometimes known as the father of the intercontinental ballistic missile.

Known for:

Meetings, Meetings and More Meetings (2005)
Extraordinary tennis for the ordinary player (1970)
Tennis by Machiavelli (1984)

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