Fermilab History and Archives Project | R.R. Wilson's Congressional Testimony, April 1969

Return to Robert Rathbun Wilson Page On April 17, 1969, Robert R. Wilson testified in front of Congress' Joint Committee on Atomic Energy as part of the AEC Authorizing Legislation for FY 1970. Included here is his famed quote about the value of building Fermilab's first accelerator. His entire testimony from the hearing follows the excerpt. SENATOR PASTORE. Is there anything connected in the hope

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ロバート･ウィルソンさんの「it has nothing to do directly with defending our country except to help make it worth defending（この研究は防衛の役には立たないけど防衛する価値のある国にしてくれるよ）」の元ネタ。

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有名な「この国を守るに値するものにしてくれます」の元ネタ。