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Carter's UFO hounded him for years. Few knew his expertise in astronomy.

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83% Informative

Ex-President Jimmy Carter was an avid astronomer, with a profound curiosity for the cosmos.

He was maligned for not supporting human spaceflight in the vein of the Apollo program.

But politics often eclipsed the former president's appreciation for space.

His first budget funded the program that became NASA 's Hubble Space Telescope , but he preferred spending on domestic concerns.

Bob Greene : President Carter believed he was visited by aliens.

Greene: The odds of making contact with aliens, if they exist, are slight, if not insurmountable.

He asks: Was he expressing a collision of faith and science in what lies beyond? Greene : Perhaps, as he wished, humankind may live to know more.

VR Score

87

Informative language

88

Neutral language

31

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

46

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

medium-lived

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