Today we have discovered a powerful and elegant way to understand the universe, called science; it has revealed to us a universe so ancient and vast that human affairs seem at first sight to be of little consequence. ... I am positive from my experience that an enormous global interest exists in the exoloration of the planets and in many related scientific topics -- the origin of life, the Earthh, and the Cosmos.
――熊本大学 前期日程(2月25日実施)――2005年