I'D BE HAPPIER IF WE'D GET RID OF ALL THESE NATIONAL ANTHEMS AND JUST MAKE UP A TERRAN ANTHEM. IS THAT LIKELY TO HAPPEN? NO,BY SAGAN, NOT UNTIL WE DISCOVER INTELLIGENT LIFE ELSEWHERE IN THE MULTIVERSE AND NEED A SNAPPY SONG TO KEEP OUR PECKERS UP FOR THE FIRST INTERGALAGTIC WAR.