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“How lucky we are to live in this time / the first moment in human history / when we are in fact visiting other worlds” quote by Carl Sagan — Download Open image

“How lucky we are to live in this time / the first moment in human history / when we are in fact visiting other worlds”

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In our time, we have sifted the sands of Mars, we have established a presence there, we have fulfilled a century of dreams!

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“[ When a religious couple wrote to Sagan about fulfilled prophecies, he wrote back in May 1996 :] If ‘fulfilled prophecy’ is your criterion,…

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Don't judge everyone else by your own limited experience.

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