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On the recordJuly 11, 2016
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And, Dr. Wright, when the general public focuses on SETI we live in a time where it wants immediate gratification, things happening right now, but in some ways isn't this kind of like a junior high dance?
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Brian Babin
Republican · Texas

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Babin compares public interest in SETI to the impatience of a junior high dance.

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