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>>15820096
>pulsar map
We can stop worrying because Drake and Sagan were wrong about their utility
https://www.forbes.com/sites/startswithabang/2017/08/17/voyagers-cosmic-map-of-earths-location-is-hopelessly-wrong/?sh=309d0b2469d5

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>>15104865
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamma_Cassiopeiae#Names
>The star was used as an easily identifiable navigational reference point during space missions and American astronaut Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom nicknamed the star Navi after his own middle name spelled backwards.
Since our Sun appears as a bright star in Cassiopeia from Alpha Centauri its a nice coincidence that Cameron chose the name Navi for his aliens

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