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“I had never been much of a science-fiction or Buck Rogers fan. I was more interested in what was going on right now than in the centuries to come.” quote by Gus Grissom — Download Open image

“I had never been much of a science-fiction or Buck Rogers fan. I was more interested in what was going on right now than in the centuries to come.”

Gus Grissom

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