Carl Sagans Cosmos - Episode 8 - Journeys in Space & Time

[andres6868]

This episode has two of my favorite segments in the whole series: the motorbike ride at the speed of light, and the computer animated evolution towards the end.

[gabberis]

Does anyone know what the dramatic music is played in many places of this series and at around 47:00 ?

[beekneed]

Hey! I think the one you're referring to might be "Pulsar" by Vangelis.

[gabberis]

@beekneed Thank you, it's "Pulstar". /watch?v=xEpkoZvZF8Y if anyone else might be interested. 

[episcophagus]

Sending people to the stars for generations? Convicting innocent unborns to life imprisonment - in a spaceship? Without doubt there might be somebody evil enough to do such a thing, but do we want such people in command?

[zzzIdividedbyzerozzz]

@episcophagus That's funny because working in a cubicle/register/factory/etc. for someone richer than you on this planet is the definition of a free and fulfilling life, as oppose to traveling through space with the entirety of cosmos to explore.

[episcophagus]

@zzzIdividedbyzerozzz I dont work in a cubicle/factory/etc. And I wouldn't enjoy being cramped in a spaceship for all of my life. I've experienced the reality in that external world, which is filled with insects, millipedes, fly larvae, mosses and things that itch and smell. I love that external world - you should visit it sometimes.

[gtas321]

@episcophagus Yes, for it is for the good of mankind as a whole. I would not mind contributing my life if I knew it would contribute drastically to the colonization of the galaxy. I would die for that.

[episcophagus]

@gtas321 How could you make that answer as an unborn?

[gtas321]

@episcophagus It doesn't matter. If it is for the good of humanity then that child's destiny must be to contribute.

[Mrsiepel]

Science is vry interesting, and if you dont think so you can fuck off

[AetherMcCloudvsCPU]

Thank you....

[DarKool81]

billions and billions!



[guruartist]

Two people are extinct stars... ;o)

[thebu3no]

CLIMBING TO THE TOP WITH MY ENGLISH COMm oh wait these are all english comments :(

[TheMotherEagle]

I just had a thought that never occurred to me before whilst watching this: What limits the speed of light to its present maximum and does light accelerate or instantly travel at the maximum?

[Shiplodicus]

@TheMotherEagle Instantly at the maximum. It is simply energy.

[TheMotherEagle]

@Shiplodicus Its wonderful to imagine the complexity of it all. Thanks for your answer.

[WolfDiamond123]

my favourite episode :) 

[darktowell]

damn you neutrinos, jeopardizing Einstein's theory of relativity!!

[TheDrakaan]

"grown up, moved on and died" lol xD

Love Cosmos and Sagan is amazing ^_^

[Lostentranslation]

Must be lonely being the only dislike on this video.

[andiejanefisher]

@wrestlingheretic "1905" ~my bad (blush)

[andiejanefisher]

@wrestlingheretic - Did it not occur to you that they might have just decided to use the Vivaldi for the music itself and not to illustrate a historical period? If that were the case I'd be doing my nut trying to constantly find the significance with 1915 all throughout this series as it's played in almost every episode (and to great effect) .. (don't get me wrong, usually that kind of thing annoys me too ;)

[akallabror]

Carl Sagan: you were a wonderful human being.

[superwowie111]

Petition to restart Project Orion anyone?

[popdani]

That intro song is so powerful it almost makes me cry every time i hear it! Vangelis ftw!

[LesPaul2006]

The Andromeda galaxy in 28 years??? Where do I sign? Sigh... nowhere...

[jmm1233]

i like that cs80 pad

[WrestlingHeretic]

11:00 1895? You know, given that the theme of this episode is time itself, and given how much Sagan harps on the importance of accuracy and correctness, you would think that the music editor would not have selected "period" music that was anachronistically 170 years out of date.  Vivaldi's Spring was composed in 1723 and first published in 1725. At least it's the right country.

[SuperRobinjames]

@WrestlingHeretic people still will have enjoyed the music of Vivaldi in the days described by Sagan, as sure as people do to this day. well noted however - you have quite the eye (or ear) for detail!

[sadathusain]

what is the name of the music at 46:26? Sounds very familiar.

[ngw1976]

@sadathusain Its name is "Pulstar" written by Vangelis.

[alphakristjan]

Absolutely brilliant documentary...tough Sagan did not think of technologys acceleration as exponential but rather as linear...

[herr464]

REASON!

[PT109Boat]

40 VIEWS ONLY FOR THIS VIDEO???

No wonder there are still Creationists in the world.

[JustinCase10261]

@PT109Boat That's because God made everything...thus creation.  Even stephen hawking shares that view =).

[gabberis]

@JustinCase10261 I have to wonder what kind of soap they use in those religious nut brainwash camps if they got you to believe that Hawking is a creationist.

[TorMartinDy]

@JustinCase10261 Stephen Hawking doesn't. He has said "If that is the way it is, then it is. I can accept that." He has also said "There's most likely, no god or deity." He also shares the same view on God as Einstein did (God = Sum of all natures laws, not a deity).

Sorry man, but the facts contradicts a creator :\ It's good though, to know we've gone this far on our own! :D

[Mowglibaloo2]

I wish he were still with us

[Desertphile]

Gods how I wish we had more Sagans in the world.

[insinu8]

@Desertphile - Check out Neil deGrasse Tyson