If we do not add something to the knowledge of cosmic rays … - Jeannette Piccard

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If we do not add something to the knowledge of cosmic rays by our trip to the stratosphere this summer, we had better not go. We had better stay on the ground, be hewers of wood and drawers of water.

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Jeannette Ridlon Piccard (5 January 1895 – 17 May 1981) was an American aeronaut, who pioneered balloon flight, a teacher, scientist and priest.

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