Quote of the day
The acceptance that all that is solid has melted into the air, that reality and morality are not givens but imperfect human constructs, is the point from which fiction begins.
Willy Ley
Born: October 2, 1906
Died: June 24, 1969 (aged 62)
Bio: Willy Otto Oskar Ley was a German-American science writer, spaceflight advocate, and historian of science who helped to popularize rocketry, spaceflight, and natural history in both Germany and the United States.
Known for:
- The Conquest of Space (1949)
- Lands Beyond (1952)
- Galaxy Science Fiction, V14, No 2, June 1957
- Rockets, Missiles, and Space Travel (1944)







