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One of the things that we can say with confidence is that we will have much lighter, much stronger materials, and this will reduce the cost of air flight, and it will reduce the cost of rockets.

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Ralph Merkle
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: February 2
Computer Scientist
Cryptographer
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Mathematician
Berkeley
California
Ralph Charles Merkle
Ralph C. Merkle
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