# Civilization Must Become Spacefaring by Carl Sagan > "Every surviving civilization is obliged to become spacefaring for the most practical reason imaginable: staying alive." > **— Carl Sagan**, *Pale Blue Dot (1994), compressed candidate wording* Verification Status: Unverified — exact wording/source has not yet been independently confirmed against a primary source; source clue: Pale Blue Dot (1994), compressed candidate wording. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/MARS|MARS]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/We Were Never Going to Make It|We Were Never Going to Make It]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Last Migration Will Not Be Human|The Last Migration Will Not Be Human]] - **Article:** [[articles/Breakaway Space Habitat Infrastructure?|Breakaway Space Habitat Infrastructure?]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Machine Civilization|Machine Civilization]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Carl Sagan|Carl Sagan]] - [[wiki/Marsification|Marsification]] - [[wiki/Space Technology|Space Technology]] - [[wiki/In-Space Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing|In-Space Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing]] - [[wiki/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - [[wiki/Civilizational Handoff|Civilizational Handoff]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "Every surviving civilization is obliged to become spacefaring for the most practical reason imaginable: staying alive." — Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot (1994), compressed candidate wording https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-carl-sagan-civilization-must-spacefaring ```