Loren Acton Professions : Physicist Born : March 7, 1936 Browse All Authors Top 3 quotes by Loren Acton Looking outward to the blackness of space, sprinkled with the glory of a universe of lights, I saw majesty-but no welcome. Below was a welcoming planet. There, contained in the thin, moving, incredibly fragile shell of the biosphere is everything that is dear to you, all the human drama and comedy. That's where life is; that's were all the good stuff is. Loren Acton drama life moving When you look out the other way toward the stars you realize it's an awful long way to the next watering hole. Loren Acton awful stars long The only thing I've experienced that could compare to the launch in terms of raw power was the Loma Prieta earthquake. Loren Acton compare term earthquakes Similar Authors Gabriel Lippmann physicist Burton Richter physicist Bruno Rossi physicist Bruce Maccabee physicist Brian Cox physicist Allan McLeod Cormack physicist All Authors