#solar system

All of this got me thinking about the history of the westward expansion, and got me to wondering how the exploration of the Solar System would be changed if there were an indigenous presence out there. ↗

— Sarah Zettel

#changed #expansion #exploration #got #history

Then, I realized that there is an indigenous presence in the Solar System. It's us. So, then, I got to wondering what would happen if a more technologically advanced society moved next door to us, the way we moved next door to the American Indians. ↗

— Sarah Zettel

#american #american indians #door #got #happen

When you look at the stars and the galaxy, you feel that you are not just from any particular piece of land, but from the solar system. ↗

— Kalpana Chawla

#feel #galaxy #just #land #look

There's life all over this universe, but the only life in the solar system is on earth, and in the whole universe we are the only men. ↗

— George Wald

#life #men #only #over #solar

I've been thinking a lot about space. It was one of those slow-motion realisations how little we are, how far we are from everything else in our solar system. This idea of distance started kind of haunting me. How do you go forth and accomplish things but not end up leaving everything you started out with in the dust? ↗

— Regina Spektor

#accomplish #been #distance #dust #else