Extraordinary claim requires extraordinary proof.

Which aspects of our nature will prevail is uncertain, particularly when our visions and prospects are bound to one small part of the small planet Earth. But up there in the Cosmos an inescapable perspective awaits.

The visions we offer our children shape the future. It _matters_ what those visions are. Often they become self-fulfilling prophecies. Dreams are maps.

The Earth is a place. It is by no means the only place. It is not even a typical place.

The cosmos is all there is, all there ever was, and all there ever will be.

We are made of star-stuff. Our bodies are made of star-stuff. There are pieces of star within us all.

Every thinking person fears nuclear war, and every technological state plans for it. Everyone knows it is madness, and every nation has an excuse