Hi-Def Carl Sagan Fellowship for ExoPlanet Research

[JayDee98765]

I miss you Carl :(

[Lambrettara]

where is the footage from 1:27 - 1:30 from? I've never seen it before.

[Anetuka]

Soul of a poet

Heart of an explorer

Mind of a scientist

Eyes of a child

[cosmicforums]

@riomarcos - He deserves a monument / statue in the D.C. Mall, next to the smithsonia..he opened my eyes and made me realize how little I really knew and how egotistical I was to think that faith was a path to real knowledge.

[cosmicforums]

Bill Nye is a good man, Tyson too. I read Tysons most recent book. Thankyou for you important work in educating the masses in the beauty of science.

[monokhem]

@cosmicforums Bill Nye is an ass. He's not a scientist as far as I am concerned. I saw him go on TV a state that Aliens had positivly never visited Earth. Ever sice then he's just a poor mans Ron Herbert, if Ron Herbert had been full of BS.

That he was on this video with these other great men was an insult.

[cosmicforums]

@monokhem - Wait, you claim he isnt a scientist because he thinks it is unlikely aliens visited this planet? Care to give me a link where he said "positively never visited Earth"? I would very much like to see this evidence. I am also aware that some people WANT aliens to exist so bad that if someone stands their ground against their possibility then alien believers can and will get very upset over it.

[monokhem]

@cosmicforums No, and I won't hunt down the quote for you. He said Aliens definatly have not visited us. It was on CNN. Hunt it down if you like, but I've already seen it when it happened. I have no belief one way or the other on Alien visitation, so I wasn't looking for something to be mad at sceptics over. He said it.

Standing your ground against the "possibility" of alien invasion is not the act of a scientist.

[SaganAppreciationSoc]

@monokhem

Generally the person making the claim is the one who must provide the evidence.

[monokhem]

@SaganAppreciationSoc Generaly I really don't give a damn. You can think whatever you want about the man. I'm not going to do a bunch of reasearch to enlighten you about one more hack "scientist" out there. It isn't worth the effort.

[SaganAppreciationSoc]

@monokhem

That's the difference between scientists and Coast To Coast AM fans. The former DO think it's worth the effort to look at the facts.

If Bill said that, it was surely out of context, or a mis-statement. Or he may have be referring to specific cases for which more down to earth explanations have been found.

[monokhem]

@SaganAppreciationSoc I watched the whole hour long show and I understood the context. If you don't want to believe it whatever, but i know what he said, he said it repeatedly, and the meaning was clear.

[SaganAppreciationSoc]

@monokhem

What was the name of the show and when/where did it run? Maybe I can take find it.

[monokhem]

@SaganAppreciationSoc Larry king Live on CNN. It was a special on UFOs or aliens or something, and there were a number of "expert" guests (some of them were coast to coast types argueing from ignorance.) Good luck.

[curea229]

I love the pic at 1:44.

I was fascinated with Viking as a kid.

[aleterra]

Please! I would like to know the name of the song played at the beginning of the video!!!!!!!!!!

[lucirz]

i just love the way he speaks...

[BeardedBill86]

I only hope more follow Carl's fine example, if everyone had his spirit.. who knows where humanity would be now.

[Scarz157]

Hi, that no black guy. That me!

[hitchman84]

Its easy to get choked up watching this vid. The only negative here is that the award is posthumous.

[NoReligion138]

Carl Sagan was fucking awesome! He never gave up on his dream, and he inspired me to look deeper into cosmos and science. Not to mention the dude smoked weed and was still able to become one of science's greatest names.

[MoPar7055]

Who is that black guy? I've seen him on alot of history/discovery shows.

[SaganAppreciationSoc]

Neil deGrasse Tyson. Carl had an effect on Neil too. Even had him come visit him at Cornell when Neil was a teenager.

Look up "We Are All Connected" on our page.

[ericaj58]

Neil Degrasse Tyson.

[pykebert]

That "black guy" is Dr Neil deGrasse Tyson. An astrophysicist. Very smart guy.  Check him out.

[Toml420]

This video was really touching, Sagans legacy lives on...

[rampriyadarshini]

tis is a great way to honour carl sagan....world needs man like him....i cant express my gratiude to carl sagan in words for he gave me a entierly new dimension too what really science is ... a beautiful man with true love for science ..love u carl....

thanx for uloading...great job...

[baudiirocz]

I can remember the very moment I fell in love with science. I was in 6th grade and it was a Friday. Our science teacher turned off the lights and said "today I've got a video for you to watch." He put in a VHS of an episode of Carl Sagan's Cosmos. While admittedly most of the class sat there snickering about Carl's "70's fashion" or "how he sounds like Kermit the Frog." I sat there listening intently. Carl introduced me to the Universe and from that moment on, I've been hooked!

[TheReasonWhyGuy]

WHAT IS THE NAME OF THAT SONG!?

[PhilAEG]

This 21st century world needs another "Sagan"

[SaganAppreciationSoc]

Or to paraphrase, "Who will be this generation's `Carl Sagan'?"

And the answer is... Carl Sagan. Carl returns in 2D in Spring 2010.

[acarosso]

do elaborate please

[SaganAppreciationSoc]

Death is not an obstacle for Carl Sagan. Spring 2010. You'll see.

Contact me via email (listed on the YouTube page) and get the news ahead of time.

[Anetuka]

2D you say? So you mean, will it be an animated version of him?

[SaganAppreciationSoc]

Give that person a cupie doll! Kosmos For Kids!

[Anetuka]

Now I looked it up, thank you, and thanks too for the comment in my channel, I'm blushed. I just can't wait for Kosmos for Kids.

Love from Anetuka

[SaganAppreciationSoc]

@Anetuka

Sadly, I think Kosmos For Kids has been canceled. Or at least A-Squared studios isn't having anything to do with it.

[GnosticAtheist]

hmmm... ?

[SaganAppreciationSoc]

Think "Flatland".

[brajamtho757]

You're killing us.

[SaganAppreciationSoc]

OK then... another clue. It will be called KOSMOS. K for Kids.

[Anetuka]

0:44. That photo of Carl, which appears in my "Demon-Haunted World" book is one of the footage photos I like the most of him.

[strubinator]

That's a great way to honor the memory of Carl Sagan, and it's a great way to keep the candle burning for the rest of humanity.

[Anetuka]

Carl Sagan was really brilliant, truly kind-hearted, heart-moving, he really has the soul of a poet.

[Tsaier]

Awesome! thanks for this!

[Zennybo0m]

ohh gosh.. Oh my its Bill Nye! Bill Nye the science guy! well since what their saying is that he's a really great scientist, he loves science more than anything as they say, so why not name the program after him? no matter if he's made good or bad decisions. lets say for instance, you wouldn't want ppl to judge you as a "bad guy" and take away all the good u've done just because u made some bad choices in the past would you?

[SaganAppreciationSoc]

Bill Nye was a student of Carl's. Well done, both of them. And Neil DeGrasse Tyson was also a young fan of Carl's, who, as a teen, was invited to visit Ithaca by Carl.

Carl's legacy lives on in many ways.

[llethaface]

carl sagan smoked weed

[savagepug]

I was talking to my friend the other day and somehow Carl Sagan came up, but my friend had never heard of him. It was a sad day :(

[SaganAppreciationSoc]

That's part of why the Sagan Appreciation Society exists. Anyone who wants future generations to know Carl Sagan's thoughts and accomplishments is already a member of the SAS. They just have to get out there and spread the word.

[Carlsagan93]

Hi there! I have a question. Carl sagan challenged us ... but......... in what?

[JezeroCraterDweller]

To push the limits of human exploration. To question everything and undertake the greatest of human ventures, the discovery of who we are and where we came from.

[Aprilshowersss]

If only there were an after life and he could see how much he has affected the world after his death. Few people deserve immortality. Carl is one who does.

[malickfan]

A great honor for a great prophet of humanity.

[Carlsagan93]

5 stars!

[TummyTush]

Carl Sagan was a poet of cosmic proportions. Starstuff contemplating starstuff...amazing.

[bobbybellsupreme]

Sagan was an admitted avid cannabis user

[SaganAppreciationSoc]

Well, that cannibis revelation came about after his death. The only admission he made while alive was done under the pseudoname of Mr. X.

[Aprilshowersss]

I read that paper a long time ago. Enjoyable read for those interested. It can be found easily via Google.

[xlioilx]

wow I hope that would just make him 2000 times cooler. As a kid my parents always told me he was a horrible baby killer atheist so I always wondered why he was on PBS nerd TV lol

[Aprilshowersss]

Yup. Nothing wrong with marijuana. People's minds are poisoned against it because of dirty politicians. I'm not a regular user but it certainly helps me center myself on the odd occasions when i get stressed and sometimes just to relax and transcend. :). Only substance i use btw. Its not a gateway anything :) I don't even like alcohol.

[JezeroCraterDweller]

Okay junkie.

[Aprilshowersss]

are you calling Carl Sagan and I junkies? lol. If a healthy person who occasionally uses a little marijuana and never uses anything else is a junkie than id hate to see what you call a person who has at least one glass of wine a week. Anyway, look at all Carl Sagan accomplished. If that's what a "junkie" can contribute to the world than count me in!

[Rhonda9]

What made Carl Sagan appealing to all, was how he took the complex and articulated it in such a way that it made sense to everyone. Not only was he a genius, but he had incredible social skills that appealed to the masses and this was helpful in spreading important knowledge to people who would not otherwise be interested in learning about science and the wonder of the cosmos.

[drmygel]

I love Carl Sagan!

[happyface3457]

awesommeeee

[Serai3]

Years ago a friend of mine who owned a scifi bookstore decided to immortalize Carl by giving him his own word: "sagan" (n.) Unit of measure indicating an enormous number of unspecified size, i.e., "billions and billions". "The sky is clear enough to see a sagan of stars."

Spread it around! Carl was so incredibly cool, he deserves his own word!

[SaganAppreciationSoc]

Likewise I've suggested a compsci term: the SaganByte. This would be the lower end requirement for running post-Vista Microsoft OSes. That lower end would be a minimum of 4 Billion Bytes of RAM. IE., "Windows 7 needs at least a SaganByte of RAM to run well."

[armysgt101]

I've been told elsewhere that a Saganbyte is equal to 1024 Geopbytes (which is equal to 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,­000 Gigabytes)

.......it is also said that 1024 Saganbytes = 1 Pijabytes

[SaganAppreciationSoc]

I have my doubts about that definition. I was unable to confirm it.

[ren1997]

Sagan forever!

[TRITANIA99]

My friend can you make me a favor? can you put this video in Sagan's Facebook space.

If you put in his anniversary of his death that it would be great for all of us, the Sagan's fans

R.I.P Doctor and master Sagan.

Thanks

[Brownyman]

Thanks SAS!!!! :D I read about Obama's nomination of Hartley to Science advisor today. How happy I think Carl would be to see what has happened over these past several weeks. This quote particularly, warmed my heart:

"It's time we once again put science at the top of our agenda and worked to restore America's place as the world leader in science and technology."

-Barack Obama

After 8 years of "demons" I can't help but commend out new president elect's words :D

[philhellenes]

He would have loved it. How I long to see another pale blue dot out there somewhere. The arrow would never have been invented without a target to shoot at. Mankind needs a target.

[gazzmatronix]

"How I long to see another pale blue dot out there somewhere" We hpefully may not have to wait too much longer, just a few weeks ago we got the first pictures of exoplanets and last week discovered water vapour and CO2 in exoplanet atmospheres. If NASA can get the Terrestrial Planet Finder up we could have an earthlike planet pic within 10 years!

[Barklord]

"Mankind needs a target."

*A* target?

So simple and yet so complicated. That's what visionaries have always done and yet we always outgrow/acheive/fail/surpass the target.

Phil, the "target" is the value which people fight about politically and religiously. I can imagine MANY scientific goals for humanity and yet to enforce them makes me a dictator to some extent. That's one of the reasons why atheists are upset by religion.

The Kosher diet is an example. A healthy diet for most.

[philhellenes]

Glad you replied. I owe you an apology concerning the "Pope" vid I did, and your correction of my overly-quick judgment of Hawking's accuracy over the matter. I'm sure you'd like it said on video, and I will at some point soon.

*A* target. Yes, you're right, we should have many. But there will be no enforcement where a potential 2nd Earth is concerned, unless you consider nature's burden of curiosity to be a use of force. When religion stops telling Humanity it is lowly I MIGHT just shut up. :)

[Barklord]

Don't ever apologise for speaking your mind. Only apologise if you open the door and it hits my head. :P A vid response isn't necessary, either.

"When religion stops telling Humanity it is lowly I MIGHT just shut up."

Yeah, I understand. Don't shut up though. Be a visionary!

[armysgt101]

Well to play devils advocate, IMHO (and to clarify, I am NOT defending religion here) true science itself considers humanity lowly as well. Certainly here on earth humans are right up at the top but in the grand scheme of things; when taking our entire universe into consideration we're the tiniest of specks; our brief insignificant lives but micro-blips on the cosmic radar. Only through our (painfully slow) collective working towards advancements do we make the smallest bit of difference.. imho

[SaganAppreciationSoc]

I think Carl and Ann might remind you not to fall prey to notions of anthropocentrism and speciesism. Even on Earth, we're just another animal, although arguably the most powerful one. The question is how we use our power with those without power.

[Serai3]

This is so wonderful, well-deserved and way overdue. He was an amazing man, and he changed the world for so many of us. I miss him so, so much...

[CaptainFrantic]

More immortalisation for the man. Very cool and very deserved.

[evacuationplanb]

awesome vid.

[Katalyzt]

Very very cool!!! ★★★★★

Katalyzt