(fwd) Statement by NASA Administrator Dan Goldin on the Passing of

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>Brian Welch                             December 20, 1996
>Headquarters, Washington, DC
>(Phone:  202/358-1600)
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>STATEMENT BY NASA ADMINISTRATOR DAN GOLDIN
>ON THE PASSING OF ASTRONOMER CARL SAGAN
>
>     "All of us at NASA are saddened by the passing of Carl 
>Sagan.  For more than three decades, Dr. Sagan was an 
>eloquent, passionate voice for the sciences that he so ably 
>advanced.  
>
>     As much as any scientific figure of our time, Carl 
>described for an entire generation -- the generation of the 
>Space Age -- the true wonders of the Universe around us.  His 
>unbelievable ability to explain the complexities of space and 
>space exploration inspired people to look up into the night 
>sky in wonder.  Through such efforts as the television series 
>'Cosmos' and his recent book, 'Pale Blue Dot,' Carl reached -
>- and touched --millions around the world.
>
>     He was a pioneer of the idea that life could exist on 
>Mars, years before NASA was able to uncover evidence of 
>potential early life on the Red Planet, and he was an 
>important voice in our Mars science programs for many years.  
>He was an early champion of the idea that the two leading 
>spacefaring powers, America and Russia, should work together 
>in the exploration of space.
>
>     He also was at the forefront of constructing humanity's 
>first messages to the stars, which even now are hurtling out 
>of our Solar System aboard the Pioneer and Voyager 
>spacecraft.  Carl himself likened the effort to the launching 
>of a message in a bottle on the interstellar ocean.  We will 
>remember his vision, his eloquence, and his intellect, and we 
>will miss him."
>
>                           -end-
>

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