New Cosmos- Carl Sagan fans or not.

[Tiny]

They have decided to revive the old series of Cosmos, Carl Sagan at his best, well I enjoyed it any way, with a new one with the same theme.
Presenter Neil deGrasse Tyson.
Writer & Exec Produced by Carls widow. Ann Druyan

National Geographic channel. 610 on fox. Mon 16th March 7.30.
Looks good to me. I'll be watching.

S1, Ep1. Standing Up In The Milky Way: Hosted by world-renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson and produced by Seth MacFarlane, it's time once again to set sail for the stars in a reboot of Carl Sagan's legendary series.

Enjoy if you're interested.

[trash]

I sometimes listen to Neil deGrasse Tyson on Star Talk Radio, often with Bill Nye (the science guy).
They pretty much run the show like Dr Karl. Various idiots come up with some stupid questions which they don't take too seriously and crack as many jokes as possible.

[trash]

saw this one today.

[Tiny]

Yeah I'd like one that size too.
Telescope, I mean, of coarse.

[Learjet]

Mine's bigger than that.

[cmangle]

ask any sheila bigger is better

[cmangle]

notice the BIGGEST one is the white one to the left!

[Uncle Fester]

ask any sheila bigger is better

It is not about the size but what you do.... OH, never mind!

notice the BIGGEST one is the white one to the left!

Those were the days, but what now?
All that is left is to relieve tourists of their maybe not so hard earned cash by hopping into subspace for a few seconds.
and a wonky Chinese moon rabbit.... I mean robot.

Sure, a probe on a comet could come up with something interesting but we will never get back the public attention like with those old Apollo missions.

[gordon_s1942]

Surprisingly that was broadcast on 3 channels last night, SFX, Nat Geo and Nat Geo people.

There is no doubt Carl Sagan was a brilliant writer and scientist, he didnt make forecasts or prophesies of the Future but rather based on current knowledge and scientific fact, laid out a logical path to follow in the quest for knowledge.

Could you imagine how much further his knowledge would have expanded if he were here today to utilise the technologies available today.

[trash]

A probably a bit like Arthur C Clarke. Make some really good predictions and sci-fi stories but then slowly fade as the world catches up in unexpected ways.

I'm noticing a pretty typical pattern here with most people and their lives.
They work like hell and don't get anywhere at first, but they keep trying. Then they get a lucky (or well earn break) which shoots them to the top where they can stay for a few years (they become main sequence stars/celebrities). The pressure to keep coming up with something better or new is on them and soon others over take them.
Stars.celebrities can end their lives in one of three ways.....
They either slowly fade away like Professors Rob Morrison and Dean Hutton. We remember them really well even though we hardly ever see them now.
or
They swell to an enormous size, like Elvis before finally shedding outter layers and often changing their appearance giving them the delusion that they are younger and brighter stars. (John Travolta)
Sometimes stars rumble violently before their pathetic demise, like Bjork or Madonna.
or
The explode violently like John Lennon, Kurt Cobain, Buddy Holly sometimes taking down others around them.

The last category often shine brightly until their sudden end. And this is sometimes for the better.
Imagine if Elvis had been hit by a bus in the late 60's, we'd remember him like Marilyn Monroe.
If Marilyn was still alive, I'm sure she'd be the model for the cat lady on the Simpsons by now.
If John Lennon was alive he would have done some stupid shit like converted to Islam.
And JFK, well there's no telling what kind of things he could have got up to in the following years.