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| My parents' generation saw a man walk on the moon. Mine may be the first to see space tourism. Our children may even get to live on other planets. | |
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| And what next? First contact? Before I die, will I finally know the answer to the age-old question of whether we're alone in the universe? | |
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| So what's the verdict on this rock? | |
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| Promising ecology, but no counter-gravity fields and no species with more than five senses. Let's mark it for follow-up in another million years. | |
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