The field has been replaced by various exotic and cartoony settings like a skateboard park or outer space.

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Today we turn to the cosmic awe conjured by science fiction, or the outer-space snapshots of the Hubble telescope as it calls forth our ever-deeper, ever-brighter possible selves.

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He wants to live forever, have the option to escape to outer space or an oceanic city-state, and play chess against a robot that can discuss Tolkien, because these were the fantasies that filled his childhood imagination.

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Humans now know how to live in outer space while circling within 500 miles or so of Earth.

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Instead you picture something else, whether it's outer space, an island full of people, or you traveling along with a girl somewhere or a guy somewhere.

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" Or read about humankind's other attempts to send messages into outer space in "How To Talk To Aliens.

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The exhibition of jewelry and other objects that were either inspired by the skies above, made the trip to outer space, created out of materials that originated from heavenly bodies, or built from materials that were created during the space race is now open to the public and will run till September 7 at Forbes Galleries, 60 Fifth Avenue, New York.

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