“Now, more than ever, we need people in space... The events of September 11 show us how vulnerable we and our civilization are down here on Earth... So let us use our strength, our awareness of mortality as a civilization, to do something truly lasting and earth-shaking for humanity. Let us join with the peoples and cultures of this planet, the diversities of its perspectives and religions and science, so we can leave it-not behind, but as a springboard to something better.” PeopleNeedsUseShowsEarthHumanityCultureSpaceBehindsAwarenessEventsPlanetsPerspectiveCivilizationDiversityVulnerableLastingMortalitySeptemberScience And ReligionShakingSomething BetterSeptember 11Springboards Author:Paul Levinson
“If two or three hundred years from now an earthbound civilization is dying ... and they look back at the opportunity that we have here at the close of the twentieth century to move out into space and they see that we didn't do anything with it ... I don't want history to judge us on having blown this opportunity, and I think history will judge us on this more than on any other issue.” IfsThinkingWantYearsLooksTwoMovingThreeOpportunitySpaceIssuesCenturyDyingJudgingCivilizationHundredTwentieth Century Author:Paul Levinson
