Date Created: August 2006

Medium: Gouache and Transparent Acrylics on cold press paper

Dimensions: 11 x 17 (approx) / corfoam board mounted

Status: For Sale Price: $75

COMMENTS: Another in my illustrated quotes from Carl Sagan's book Pale Blue Dot. I have read, or been told, that the time it took for Columbus to sail his three ships across the Atlantic Ocean to the Western Hemisphere (using the most modern technology and information available at the time) was ten weeks. It seems thatwith our current technology and information, we could reach Mars in the same period of time. Granted, we'd have to bring a lot more of the necessary supplies with us (food and fresh water), but it's still possible. As Sagan says, the vast ocean of space is no more impassable than the Atlantic (or the Pacific). Isn't it about time we searched for new frontiers?

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