Jul 30 1966
From The Space Library
Dr. C. V. Raman, 1930 Nobel Prize winner in physics, said in convocation address at Indian Institute of Technology in Madras that it was "nothing but sheer raving lunacy" to spend millions of dollars "to shoot men into space and make them walk there." Dr. Raman said it was "mere pretence to say these exploits were intended to find out what was happening on the moon. "It is militarism, very thinly disguised." Dr. Raman said he thought spaceflight was the "most sinister aspect" of the progress of science in the last 60 yrs. (NYT, 8/1/66,42)
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