“By starting with a number approaching infinity and then knocking it down with proportions, you still end up with a really large number.
“So the likelihood there are these habitable zones somewhere in the Universe is quite high.
“So I think the answer to that is ‘yes’, alien life exists somewhere.”
But Dr Pawelczyk, who spent nearly 16 days in space, then preceded to flip the question around.
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