Fitting, the wife bought me Carl Sagan’s Contact today :)
Animated GIF of the Day: Look at that dot.
Now look at Carl Sagan. He’s on a horse.
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When The Heart Shines Through
If the timeline of the universe were compressed into our calendar, everything humans have ever done would be within the last second of December, 31.
DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUDE
duuuuuuuuuude
duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
bestman.
Ted Turner asks Carl Sagan if he is a socialist.
This is one of the many reasons that I love Carl Sagan
Do yourself a favour and watch this whole interview. Carl strides across all topics of humanity with intelligence and grace.
Better yet, watch it with Benn Jordan’s A Pale Blue Dot Tribute playing softly in the background.
And then, when you’re done, watch Cosmos (that’s Hulu, but it’s on Google Video, etc.)
Celebrate Carl.
View Larger itsfullofstars: Watch Sagan’s Cosmos on Hulu for free. (via crookedindifference)
DO IT. I’ll watch alongside you with my DVD copies :)
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Radiolab: Carl Sagan And Ann Druyan’s Ultimate Mix Tape
This is a love story. And, oddly enough, it starts with an interstellar space mission and a golden record.
Toward the end of the summer of ‘77, NASA launched two spacecraft as part of the Voyager Interstellar Mission. On board each craft was a golden record that included, among other things, the sound of a kiss, a mother’s first words to her newborn child, music from all over the world, and greetings in 59 different languages.
For Druyan, though, the summer of 1977 and the Voyager project carry a deeply personal meaning, too. It was during the Voyager project that she and Sagan fell in love.
If you do one thing today, listen to this.
heartwarming <3
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