Contact

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It's hard to imagine the golden record being made now. I wish Carl Sagan were here to say, 'You know what ? A thousand billion years is a really long time. Nobody can know what will happen ? Why not try ? Why not reach for something amazing ? There is no way to forestall what can't be fathomed, no way to guess what hurts we're trying to protect ourselves from. We have to know in order to love, we have to risk everything, we have to open ourselves up to contact - even with the possibility of disaster.'

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-- Penny Lane 'The Voyagers'

Cannot believe it took me a gap of 14 years to read the book after having watched the movie. Amazed. Wonder. Isn't life exciting with a bit of serendipity though ?