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Yet if we go into space, let us do so humbly, in the spirit of cosmic piety. We know very little. We are face to face with the great unknown and have no right to assume that we are alone in the Solar System.

Axel Firsoff

Axel Firsoff

Axel Firsoff

Born: 1912

Died: 1981 (aged 69)

Bio: Valdemar Axel Firsoff FRAS was known principally as an amateur astronomer. He was born in 1912 of Swedish descent, and died on 19 November 1981. He lived in Lochearnhead, Scotland, before moving to Somerset, England, where he settled in Glastonbury.

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