Procurei representar a intensidade gráfica da Noite Estrelada, de Vincent van Gogh e a liberdade cromática dos seus contrastes. Não posso pretender que o meu pequeno trabalho tenha, entretanto, a intensidade espiritual da obra de Vincent. Ela é única. Nunca mais será possível realizar outra igual. Aquela forma de Humanidade está perdida. A coragem de sua procura solitária é algo definitivamente encerrado para nós. Creio - não!- tenho certeza de que nunca conseguiríamos sobreviver àquele desafio.
"Space travel leading to skylife is vital to human survival, because the question is not whether we will be hit by an asteroid, but when. A planetary culture that does not develop spacefaring is courting suicide. All our history, all our social progress and growing insight will be for nothing if we perish. No risk of this kind, however small it might be argued to be, is worth taking, and no cost to prevent it is too great. No level of risk is acceptable when it comes to all or nothing survival." Gregory Benford and George Zebrowski, Skylife, 2000. "We must turn our guns away from each other and outwards, to defend the Earth, creating a global and in space network of sensors and telescopes to find asteroids that could destroy our planet and create the systems to stop them. It makes no sense to dream great dreams while waiting to be hit by a train." Buzz Aldrin and Rick Tumlinson, Ad Astra Online, 2006. "The question to ask is whether the risk of traveling to spa...
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