[[A figure is staring through a large telescope pointed towards the heavens. A canvas of thousands of stars fills the sky.]]
[[A figure in a beret walks up with a ladder and a magnifying glass. The astronomer continues to gaze into the optic, unfailingly alert.]]
[[The figure sets up and steadies the ladder as the astronomer continues to observe through the scope.]]
[[Beret figure climbs the ladder, looks at the stars through the magnifying glass. The astronomer remains completely unmoved.]]
{{Title text: Astrobiology is held back by the fact that we're all too nervous to try to balance on the ladder while holding an expensive microscope.}}
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