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It would be a pity if, frustrated by the price of travel, we elected to become a society that never made contact, that never gave SETI a fair chance.

Bernard M. Oliver

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Bernard M. Oliver
Age: 79 †
Born: 1916
Born: May 17
Died: 1995
Died: November 23
Computer Scientist
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Barney Oliver
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