THE SAGAN SERIES (part 6) - End of an Era: The Final Shuttle Launch

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Explosions in the Sky - First Breath After A Coma http://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/the-...
Carl Sagan - The Pale Blue Dot http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_Blu...)
When We Left Earth http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/nasa/nasa...
IMAX Space Station http://www.imax.com/spacestation/
Vimeo "Milky Way and Magellani" by Colin Legg http://vimeo.com/12576355
Planet Earth http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_E...)
Baraka http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baraka_(...)
Madagascar http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00pd2fk
Koyaanisqatsi http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koyaanis...
YouTube "A Behind the Scenes Look" by LexarMediaInc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvf29R...
Home http://www.homethemovie.org/
BBC The Cell http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00m425d
Fahrenheit 9/11 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenhe...
Stephen Hawking's Into The Universe http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/stephen-h...
Neil Degrasse Tyson: Cosmic Quandries http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAD25s...
Steven Novella: Dr Oz http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/altern...
Bill Nye The Science Guy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Nye...
Cosmos http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmos:_...

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  Science & Technology

[TimoMcD]

Rest in peace, Mr. Armstrong. And thank you.

[roostewrum]

Glad I wasn't the only one to get a lump in the throat at this one.

Thing to remember is: we are still pushing the boundaries. The sheer engineering complexity involved in getting Curiosity to Mars in one piece means we are still trying and we are still learning.

[Brandon Shaffer]

4:00 who is that guy?

[Cihan Barnett]

Anybody know the civilization he was talking about?

[Seagullkiller2]

I've tried many times now but I can't seem to get through this series without bursting to tears like a baby.

[TheFourthHouse]

Sagan was a great man and I can only hope his message is not only past down through many generations, but more importantly understood.

[ScienceCompilations]

Most of the audio of Carl Sagan in these videos are taken from his audio books (many of which he read) and the Cosmos TV series. This video in particular sources its audio from his book "Pale Blue Dot". Its all out there on the net somewhere. As much as I love these videos, I highly recommend reading his books, theres so much more content in them than these videos could ever hope to represent.

[mij194]

So his words have no impact, just the music does? The background music just ruins it for me.

[furmat600]

That would make it a shitty version.

[Pr0x1mo]

Dude, thanks once again for listening to my suggestion for using Explosions in the Sky! I still post this video on facebook like 1x every 6 months.