Sagan, Murray and Friedman found The Planetary Society

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Carl Sagan, Bruce Murray and Louis Friedman seated together
Carl Sagan, Bruce Murray and Louis Friedman, founders of The Planetary Society credit NASA JPL, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Carl Sagan, Bruce Murray and Louis Friedman founded The Planetary Society, a member-funded space advocacy group. By its own account members began funding SETI research in its first year, and it later sponsored Harvard searches such as Project META.

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  1. FirsthandOur Founders (opens in a new tab)The Planetary Society
  2. FirsthandOur Story (opens in a new tab)The Planetary Society

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