Jun 4 1965
From The Space Library
Man would someday control enough energy to maneuver planets in their solar systems to suit his own purposes, British astronomer Dr. Fred Hoyle predicted at the dedication ceremony of Brown Univ.'s new science building. He explained: "The only large and still mainly untapped reservoir of energy is from nuclear fuels. The conversion of deuterium in the waters of the ocean to helium is the biggest potential resource... There's just the possibility that Venus may possess an atmosphere of hot steam, If this is so, pushing Venus a little farther from the sun would cause the whole steam atmosphere to collapse into a much cooler ocean, In fact ... with the energy availabilities I have been talking about, conversion of Venus to a planet like earth would be an entirely feasible proposition." (NYT, 6/6/65, 70)
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