The purpose of the space program is not to maintain superiority in space but to build a bridge to the stars before the sun dies. Homo loquaz (man speaking) or Homo sapiens (rational man) is the only thoughtful creature in the universe, so far as we know. If he doesn’t build himself that bridge to escape across, all is lost.
- - Tom Wolfe, Popular Mechanics magazine, September 2007.
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