human
Time enough, after a while, to get in touch with the Venusians. There's none of them that has a view-point like ours. And once we've done that--
gpt
What?
human
Anything! The whole universe will be open to us! Why, I understand from reading these books --indicating the Venusian manuscripts--
gpt
For the time being, said Smith quickly,
human
No. According to the Venusians, the only others that are habitable besides Venus and the earth, are Mars and Jupiter. And it seems that the people on these two are so totally different--
gpt
We couldn't get an answer?
human
But when it comes to leaving the solar system entirely the telepathic method is the only one that will work; even the nearest of the fixed stars is out of the question.
gpt
How far is that?
human
The nearest? About four and a half light-years.
gpt
Yes, but what's a light-year?
human
It amounts to sixty-three thousand times the distance from here to the sun!
gpt
Nothing doing in the cube, that's sure. Besides, could we expect to find any people like us in the neighborhood of that star?