It will not be we who reach Alpha Centauri, and the other nearby stars…

Carl Sagan
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It will not be we who reach Alpha Centauri, and the other nearby stars. It will be a species very like us - but with more of our strengths and fewer of our weaknesses. ✨ Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan (2011). Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space, p.355, Ballantine Books
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