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“Space is about 100 kilometers away. That’s far away—I wouldn’t want to climb a ladder to get there—but it isn’t that far away. If you’re in Sacramento, Seattle, Canberra, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Phnom Penh, Cairo, Beijing, central Japan, central Sri Lanka, or Portland, space is closer than the sea.”

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Randall Munroe
Randall Munroe

Randall Munroe (born October 17, 1984) is an American author, cartoonist, and former NASA roboticist, best known for creating the webcomic xkcd and his popular science books "What If?" and "Thing Explainer." He worked at NASA before becoming a full-time writer, using simple illustrations and explanations to make complex scientific concepts accessible to the public. more

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