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> [I'm a strong advocate of new missions to Venus.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-grinspoon/i-m-a-strong-advocate-of-new-missions-to-venus/)

[David Grinspoon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-grinspoon/)

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## More by David Grinspoon

> [I think the best SF writers are very aware of what we, in the scientific community, are doing, thinking, and discovering.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-grinspoon/i-think-the-best-sf-writers-are-very-aware-of-what-we-in-the/)

[David Grinspoon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-grinspoon/)

> [If we gutted NASA Earth Science, it wouldn't be NOAA or some other agency that would take the lead. It would be the Chinese…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-grinspoon/if-we-gutted-nasa-earth-science-it-wouldn-t-be-noaa-or-some-other/)

[David Grinspoon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-grinspoon/)

> [When you think about alien intelligences making art, you then have to think about what art is and how bound up it is in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-grinspoon/when-you-think-about-alien-intelligences-making-art-you-then-have-to/)

[David Grinspoon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-grinspoon/)

> [What if life is not carbon-based? Can life exist as a gas or a plasma? Could planets or stars in some sense be alive?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-grinspoon/what-if-life-is-not-carbon-based-can-life-exist-as-a-gas-or-a-plasma/)

[David Grinspoon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-grinspoon/)

> [What I'm interested in is the conversations going on about the Anthropocene and what it means to view ourselves as a part of Earth's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-grinspoon/what-i-m-interested-in-is-the-conversations-going-on-about-the/)

[David Grinspoon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-grinspoon/)

> [I do comparative studies of climate evolution, and the interactions between planetary atmosphere and surfaces and their radiation environment, and try to understand the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-grinspoon/i-do-comparative-studies-of-climate-evolution-and-the-interactions/)

[David Grinspoon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-grinspoon/)

> [I'd been politically active ever since my parents wheeled me in a stroller in a 'ban the bomb' march in Boston in 1963.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-grinspoon/i-d-been-politically-active-ever-since-my-parents-wheeled-me-in-a/)

[David Grinspoon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-grinspoon/)

> [Through space-based climate studies, my colleagues and I have learned that a stable and comfortable climate is not something to take for granted.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-grinspoon/through-space-based-climate-studies-my-colleagues-and-i-have-learned/)

[David Grinspoon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-grinspoon/)

> [We have all this very clever technology and all these abilities to manipulate the world in all these ways, yet we are faced with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-grinspoon/we-have-all-this-very-clever-technology-and-all-these-abilities-to/)

[David Grinspoon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-grinspoon/)

> [The planet Mars - crimson and bright, filling our telescopes with vague intimations of almost-familiar landforms - has long formed a celestial tabula rasa…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-grinspoon/the-planet-mars-crimson-and-bright-filling-our-telescopes-with-vague/)

[David Grinspoon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-grinspoon/)

> [Certainly for me, as an astrobiologist, science fiction has played an important role. One of the quandaries of our field is that we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-grinspoon/certainly-for-me-as-an-astrobiologist-science-fiction-has-played-an/)

[David Grinspoon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-grinspoon/)

> [Time and time again, our species has escaped existential threats by reinventing ourselves, finding new skills not coded in our genes to survive new…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-grinspoon/time-and-time-again-our-species-has-escaped-existential-threats-by/)

[David Grinspoon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-grinspoon/)

> [I think that an advanced planetary civilization will modify their own planets to be more stable, to prevent asteroid impacts and dangerous climate fluctuations.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-grinspoon/i-think-that-an-advanced-planetary-civilization-will-modify-their-own/)

[David Grinspoon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-grinspoon/)

> [Responsible global behaviour is ultimately an act of self-preservation of, by, and for the global beast that modern technological humanity has become.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-grinspoon/responsible-global-behaviour-is-ultimately-an-act-of-self/)

[David Grinspoon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-grinspoon/)

> [Venus and Mars are our next of kin: they are the two most Earth-like planets that we know about. They're the only two other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-grinspoon/venus-and-mars-are-our-next-of-kin-they-are-the-two-most-earth-like/)

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