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It would be a pity if, frustrated by the price of travel, we elect

It would be a pity if, frustrated by the price of travel, we elected to become a society that never made contact, that never gave SETI a fair chance. – Barney Oliver

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If interstellar travel is as time- or energy- demanding as the above figures indicate, it is far from obvious what the motive for colonization might be. – Barney Oliver

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