The statistics of life out there and the statistics of intelligent beings and advanced civilization is a certainty, the way I look at it. It has not been accepted, because we've been in an anthropocentric era.
Story MusgraveIt is humanity's destiny to explore the universe. When we start thinking and working on that cosmic level, we will transcend our parochial differences and tribal natures and become global creatures, solar system creatures. Then we will figure out where we fit in.
Story MusgraveI never read a single book as a child. I did not read as a child. I worked on the farm. I had books in the classroom, but that was it. I never read a single book outside of the classroom.
Story MusgraveIโm not a risk taker. But astronauts are professionals, so you get out on the field and play ball. I tried to take it in stride because thatโs what I had to do to get into space. Thatโs where I belong, and Iโm pretty good at it.
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