Present annual world energy consumption is about equal to the annihilation energy of 4 tons of matter.

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.
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Chance Contact Elected Frustrated
Present annual world energy consumption is about equal to the annihilation energy of 4 tons of matter.
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Energy Matter Ton World
In the past, on Earth, it has largely been to exploit foreign resources and to expand the domestic territory.
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Domestic Earth Past Territory
The sun and its retinue of planets drift as a group through the vast gulfs of space that separate the stars.
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Groups Planet Space Stars
No one can deny the excitement of visiting another world.
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Ethos Excitement World
Years of science fiction have produced a mindset that it is human destiny to expand from Earth, to the Moon, to Mars, to the stars.
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Destiny Fiction Moon Produced Stars
Above all, I would not expect a wise race, at great expense, to set loose an army of self-replicating robots.
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Army Race Robots Wise

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