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[Narrator] |
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With every century |
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Our eyes on the universe have been opened anew |
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We are witness |
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To the very brink of time and space |
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[Robert Jastrow] |
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We must ask ourselves |
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We who are so proud of our accomplishments |
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What is our place in the cosmic perspective of life? |
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[Carl Sagan] |
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The exploration of the cosmos |
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Is a voyage of self discovery |
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As long as there have been humans |
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We have searched for our place in the cosmos |
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[Richard Dawkins] |
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Are there things about the universe |
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That will be forever beyond our grasp? |
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Are there things about the universe that are |
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Ungraspable? |
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[Sagan] |
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One of the great revelations of space exploration |
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Is the image of the earth, finite and lonely |
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Bearing the entire human species |
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Through the oceans of space and time |
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[Dawkins] |
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Matter flows from place to place |
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And momentarily comes together to be you |
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Some people find that thought disturbing |
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I find the reality thrilling |
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[Sagan] |
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As the ancient mythmakers knew |
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We're children equally of the earth and the sky |
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In our tenure on this planet, we've accumulated |
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Dangerous evolutionary baggage |
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We've also acquired compassion for others, |
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Love for our children, |
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And a great soaring passionate intelligence |
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The clear tools for our continued survival |
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[Michio Kaku] |
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We could be in the middle |
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Of an inter-galactic conversation |
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And we wouldn't even know |
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[Sagan] |
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We've begun at last |
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To wonder about our origins |
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Star stuff contemplating the stars |
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Tracing that long path |
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Our obligation to survive and flourish |
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Is owed not just to ourselves |
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But also to that cosmos |
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Ancient and vast, from which we spring |
