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> [But space travel can't ease the pressure on a planet grown too crowded not even with today's ships and probably not with any future ships-because stupid people won't leave the slopes of their home volcano even when it starts to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/but-space-travel-can-t-ease-the-pressure-on-a-planet-grown-too/)

[Robert A. Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-heinlein/)

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