In more than one respect, the exploring of the Solar System and homest…

Carl Sagan
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In more than one respect, the exploring of the Solar System and homesteading other worlds constitutes the beginning, much more than the end, of history. ✨ Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan (2011). Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space, p.344, Ballantine Books
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