These days there seems to be nowhere left to explore, at least on the …

Carl Sagan
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These days there seems to be nowhere left to explore, at least on the land area of the Earth. Victims of their very success, the explorers now pretty much stay home. ✨ Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan (2011). Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space, p.17, Ballantine Books
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These days there seems to be nowhere left to explore, at least on the land area of the Earth. Victims of their very success, the explorers now pretty much stay home. ✨ Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan (2011). Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space, p.17, Ballantine Books

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