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Rocket scientists agree that we have about reached the limit of ou

Rocket scientists agree that we have about reached the limit of our ability to travel in space using chemical rockets. To achieve anything near the speed of light we will need a new energy source and a new propellant. Nuclear fission is not an option. – Wilson Greatbatch

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We need the kind of leadership exemplified by President Kennedy to just do it! But we must do it as good stewards, aggressively exerting control over the moon. We can best do this by going there. – Wilson Greatbatch

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When you buy a gallon of gas, over 60 percent of the energy you pay for goes out the radiator in the form of waste heat? Thats why you have a radiator in your car in the first place. – Wilson Greatbatch

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There is no scientific reason to think that we, even with space travel, are going to survive as a species for ever, certainly not by biting off the hand that feeds us, which is exactly what we are doing. – Lynn Margulis

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This evening I wish to suggest that we Christians should accompany people on their pilgrimages. Specifically we should travel with people as they search for the good, the true and the beautiful. – Timothy Radcliffe

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Even when my parents were together, they both had to travel and work, and it wasnt like they had nine-to-five jobs. In that way, it wasnt a normal family life. – Georgia Jagger

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Christmas to a child is the first terrible proof that to travel hopefully is better than to arrive. – Stephen Fry

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