Theodore von Kármán citáty

Theodore von Kármán bol maďarsko-americký matematik, letecký inžinier a fyzik, ktorý pôsobil predovšetkým v oblasti letectva a kozmonautiky. Vypracoval mnoho kľúčových pokrokov v aerodynamike, najmä jeho práca na nadzvukovom a hypersonickom prúdení vzduchu. Je považovaný za vynikajúceho aerodynamického teoretika dvadsiateho storočia. Wikipedia  

✵ 11. máj 1881 – 6. máj 1963
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“A scientist studies what is, whereas an engineer creates what never was.”

Theoretical foundations for decision making in engineering design https://www.nap.edu/read/10566/chapter/2 (National Academy Press, 2001)

“Everyone knows it takes a woman nine months to have a baby. But you Americans think if you get nine women pregnant, you can have a baby in a month.”

November 1957 - Told to Joseph G. Martin, then Aide-de-Camp to Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Hooks, as Lt. Martin escorted Dr. von Kármán from New York City to lead a secret symposium on space flight in Cloudcroft, NM. Sputnik had been launched a month before and every branch of the US military had a separate space program and were desperately trying to get off a successful launch.
The Life and Times of Joe Gordon (To the Best of My Recollection) by Joseph G. Martin (self published, 2007)