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Astronomy Quotes

"I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact."

"We are a way for the cosmos to know itself"

"I open the scuttle at night and see the far-sprinkled systems"

"Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, precious."

"Gravity explains the motions of the planets, but it cannot explain who sets the planets in motion"

"Inhabitants of the desert inhabit the stars."

"I don't know anything with certainty, but seeing the stars makes me dream."

"The nitrogen in our DNA, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, the carbon in our apple pies were made in the interiors of collapsing stars. We are made of starstuff"

"The feeling is constantly growing on me that I had been the first to hear the greeting of one planet to another."

"The universe is a pretty big place. If it's just us, seems like an awful waste of space."

"Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars."

"I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people"

"I know the sky is not the limit, because there are footprints on the Moon."

"Mars is there, waiting to be reached."

"You need to live in a dome initially but over time you could terraform Mars to look like Earth and eventually walk around outside without anything on... So it's a fixer-upper of a planet."

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