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      "body": "The past few months, my girlfriend and I have had LOADS of free time to simply sit around and stare into each other's eyes, as well as discuss various things on our minds. One item on MY mind was how much Recycling/Trash my girlfriend throws out on a weekly basis. I am the one who takes out our garbage each week, and each week it is GLARINGLY apparent how much MORE stuff my girlfriend CONSUMES versus myself. 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We could argue the point for hours if you so desire, but the fact of the matter is that if you were to take a gigantic box and have ALL women place the items that they consume (for themselves only) into that box, and you were to have ALL men do the same, at the end of ONE WEEK I guarantee that women would take first prize!\n\nI remember at University we did a detailed study where we asked each student in my large class what products they consumed that week and the results showed that men consumed much less than women. But I think this is a test that each couple should do themselves TODAY to remind each other just how much stuff they consume together. For example, take one week where you each get a large blue bin and go about your daily lives as you normally do, and when you are done consuming something (whether it be a gallon of milk or an old iPad), you place it into YOUR bin and then count the items at the end of the week (as well as weigh the contents if you so desire). 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      "body": "Ann Druyan, husband of the late Carl Sagan and co-writer of the 'Cosmos' TV Series and films such as 'Contact', was recently asked:\n\n> \"What would Carl Sagan think about the current state of the world?\" \n\nHer answer which I will get to shortly, reminded me of the endless optimism, open awareness, and vast scientific knowledge that both she and Sagan graciously shared with the world.\n\nCarl Sagan was an American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author, and science popularizer. I have had an enormous amount of respect for both Druyan and Sagan ever since I was a child first realizing the endless possibilities of scientific exploration. 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Thus began my life-long fascination with astrophysics and space exploration.\n\nUnfortunately, after the tragic 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger explosion, my dreams of becoming an Aerospace Engineer were shattered into a million pieces as every single graduate and undergraduate university program in this field was placed on a 5-year hiatus. Just as I was applying to universities, any and all university professors in the field of aerospace left their university posts to help NASA gain a solid understanding of what went wrong and help ensure that it would not happen again. I will never forget my letter from UCSD stating “although you are highly suited to pursue the Aerospace Engineering program at UCSD, we must inform you that this area of study will be impacted for the next 5 years and therefore not available at this time”… I was CRUSHED… I had dreamed of designing rockets ever since I was a kid and I focused all of my attention to studying STEM. I recall having a sick feeling in my gut, my head was spinning, and there was that nagging sense of \"What the fuck am I gonna do now?\"\n\nWhat I did end up doing is a story for another day… But the knowledge and ideals shared by Carl Sagan stayed with me and his open-minded approach to EVERYTHING was extremely contagious and inspirational.\n\nSome of his thoughts can be summarized here by Ann Druyan, husband of Carl Sagan when she was asked \"what would Carl Sagan think about the current state of the world?\"\n\n> I can speak authoritatively on that because Carl was very vocal in the 1990s, 1980s, and before that. It was his dream that the United States, and Soviet Union, would essentially bury the hatchet, and become involved in an international mission to Mars. He wrote a beautiful piece called \"Together to Mars\", which was exactly about that. That we could use our machismo and intercontinental ballistic missiles, and scientific cleverness, to go there. We could show that we had attained a degree of maturity, and put our talents to the best possible use.\n\n'Together to Mars' was a concept shared by Sagan at the end of the cold war during the late 1980s where he envisioned the USA and Soviet Union getting over their differences and focusing on a bold mission to go to Mars together.\n\nHe outlined all the steps necessary to complete such a mission and even got together some of the greatest minds in science for a 3-day satellite conference link-up from Denver to Moscow where leading scientists put aside their political differences and talked about a future joint mission to Mars.\n\nDue to the end of the cold war, and later Sagan's death, the Mars mission was tabled. Regardless, Sagan was far ahead of his time and his thinking is still applicable today. I could easily see the United States and Russia working together on future Mars Missions and I see every reason in the world for making this happen now. Two outer-space super-powers merged together with one common goal, to get Man to Mars… this is the stuff of history books!\n\nPerhaps now that we have gotten over the \"Russian Collusion Scam\" purported by Hillary Cinton in an effort to cover-up her own Russian ties, it's a perfect time to rise above and show the world that the USA and Russia CAN work together for the benefit of all humanity. What an awesome way to mend our differences and create a better tomorrow for everyone on planet Earth and beyond.\n\nAside from his aspirations for Mars, Carl Sagan and I have shared many profound observations over the years and I want to shed light on some of the main concerns that I still harbor which include:\n\n> 1. We've built an entirely new society based upon science and technology, yet very few individuals have a truly solid and well-rounded understanding of it. 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