Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote / Image

Quote image editor Steven Magee

Back to previous page

“One of my astronomy managers used to tell me that liquid nitrogen was harmless and was just liquid air. He would pour it onto his bare hands to demonstrate how safe he thought it was. I was later to realize that incompetence was a feature of high altitude astronomy.” — Steven Magee

Quote 1080 x 1350 Instagram portrait
More
Platforms
Pure ratios
One of my astronomy managers used to tell me that liquid nitrogen was harmless and was just liquid air. He would pour it onto his bare hands to demonstrate how safe he thought it was. I was later to realize that incompetence was a feature of high altitude astronomy.
— Steven Magee