Subject: Einstein’s Letter to President Roosevelt - 1939 From: Albert Einstein Date: 27 Oct 2015
F.D. Roosevelt President of the United States White House Washington, D.C. Sir:
Some recent work by E. Fermi and L. Szilard, which has been communicated to me in manuscript, leads me to expect that the element uranium may be turned into a new and important source of energy in the immediate future. Certain aspects of the situation which has arisen seem to call for watchfulness and if necessary, quick action on the part of the Administration.
SWARM First published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 1982.
“I will miss your conversation during the rest of the voyage,” the alien said.
Captain-Doctor Simon Afriel folded his jeweled hands over his gold-embroidered waistcoat.
“I regret it also, ensign,” he said in the alien’s own hissing language. “Our talks together have been very useful to me, I would have paid to learn so much, but you gave it freely.”
“But that was only information,” the alien said.
Why Explore Space? - A Letter by Dr. Ernst Stuhlinger In 1970, Dr. Ernst Stuhlinger received a letter from Sister Mary Jucunda, a nun who works among starving native children of Zambia, Africa. Sister Mary Jucunda asked in the letter, why Dr. Stuhlinger wants to spend so much money towards exploration of space when so many children were starving on Earth.
Touched by Sister Mary’s concern and sincerity, Dr. Stuhlinger answered her letter as follows: