In this short film by Erik Wernquist, he shows a tantalizing glimpse into an imagined future for humanity, exploring beyond the moon to the other planets of the Solar System, set to a recording of Carl Sagan’s reading of his own book, “Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space.“
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