http://365daysofastronomy.org/2009/11/09/november-9th-celebrate-carl-sagans-75th-with-longtime-collaborator-ann-druyan/ An astronomy podcast every day, all year Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:34:05 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://365daysofastronomy.org/2009/11/09/november-9th-celebrate-carl-sagans-75th-with-longtime-collaborator-ann-druyan/comment-page-1/#comment-18282 Ralph S. Welsh, PhD Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:24:38 +0000 http://365daysofastronomy.org/?p=2280#comment-18282 I loved his Cosmos, and Carl's poetic way of expressing himself. He obviously loved his work. I, too, await the first indication that there is intelligent life "out there," which would undoubtedly be the find of the century. I don't expect I will live long enough to hear that a bonifide, replicated signal has been received, and verified...but I keep hoping. There are just too many "bits of dust" out there not for life to exist on one of them, as it does on our own pale blue bit of dust. What a remarkable universe it is, full of planets in the making, stars exploding, and dark matter pushing it all around. What we will find, and are finding now, would boggle Carl's mind. I loved his Cosmos, and Carl's poetic way of expressing himself. He obviously loved his work. I, too, await the first indication that there is intelligent life "out there," which would undoubtedly be the find of the century. I don't expect I will live long enough to hear that a bonifide, replicated signal has been received, and verified...but I keep hoping. There are just too many "bits of dust" out there not for life to exist on one of them, as it does on our own pale blue bit of dust. What a remarkable universe it is, full of planets in the making, stars exploding, and dark matter pushing it all around. What we will find, and are finding now, would boggle Carl's mind.

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