# @thespacegal on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp94lC2H_57
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/19516014-thespacegal-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/e52213f8fc.jpg
- **Posted:** 2018-11-09T16:51:28.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Emily Calandrelli (@thespacegal) — https://gondola.cc/thespacegal

## Caption

Today is Carl Sagan's birthday.
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I posted this photo exactly 2 years ago. My eyes were swollen. We had just elected a President who thought climate change was a hoax, vaccines led to autism, and was flippant about the sexual harrassment of women (among other things).
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THIS election - we elected 7 new Scientists to Congress and we now have a House Science Committee led by representatives who understand climate change (this hasn't been the case for nearly a decade!)
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In 1981, woke Carl Sagan advocated for women to be admitted into the exclusive (at the time, men-only) Explorers Club. Swipe to see his letter to the organization. "If membership in The Explorers Club is restricted to men, the loss will be ours; we will only be depriving ourselves."
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Sagan taught us that thoughtful/creative storytelling, accurate science and inclusion move science forward for all of us. I aspire to be any tiny eensy bit like him one day. ...
#carlsagan #carlsaganday #carlsaganquotes #scicomm

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