- In 1952, IBM forecasted the total global market for computers as 52 units. In 1982, IBM forecasted the total global market for PC's as 200,000 units. In 1966 RCA forecasted that there would be 220,000 computers in the United States by the turn of the 21st Century. - Less than current weekly shipments.
- "There is no hope for the fanciful idea of reaching the moon, because of insurmountable barriers to escaping the earth's gravity."- University of Chicago astronomer Dr. F. R. Moulton, 1932.
- - Joseph de Lalande of the French Academy, 1782."It is entirely impossible for man to rise into the air and float there. For this you would need wings of tremendous dimensions and they would have to be moved at a speed of three feet per second. Only a fool would expect such a thing to be realized."
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