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" Space in general gave us GPS - that's not specifically NASA, but it's investments in space. "

Neil deGrasse Tyson

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" We have one planet in our solar system that's habitable, and that's the Earth, and space travel can transform things back here for the better. First of all, by just having people go to space and look back on this fragile planet we live on. People have come back transformed and have done fantastic things. "

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" As the earth spins through space, a view from above the North Pole would encompass most of the wealth of the world - most of its food, productive machines, doctors, engineers and teachers. A view from the opposite pole would encompass most of the world's poor. "

" Space travel for everyone is the next frontier in the human experience. "

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