Carl Sagan Day Tribute

The Planetary Society held a special tribute show for our co-founder, Carl Sagan, on what would have been his 78th birthday.

Due to technical problems during the event, this video uses the the live-recorded audio overlaid with photos taken by Liam Kennedy.

Joining us onstage were:

Louis Friedman, Executive Director Emeritus of the Planetary Society
Kip Thorne, Caltech Astrophysicist
Lynda Obst, Executive Producer of Contact
Chas Beichman, Executive Director of the NASA Exoplanet Science Institute
Emily Lakdawalla, Senior Editor for the Planetary Society
Sarah Milkovich, MRO HiRISE investigation scientist and science operations systems engineer for MSL
Melissa Rice, NASA Postdoctoral Fellow, Caltech
Wladimir Lyra, Carl Sagan Fellow, JPL

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[trueartgirl]

I still have my mother's copy of the Cosmos ^_^

[Kalle Centergren]

"we are the cosmos way of knowing itself"

i whant to buy the cosmos, do anyone know if ther is a re-realese on bluray?

[lazyfreedom98]

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[rob whee]

"History is full of people who out fear,or ignorrance,or the lust for power,have destroyed treasures of umeasureable value.Wich truelly belong to all of us.We MUST not let it happen again"C S

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[palebluedot389]

Now I know why Neil deGrasse Tyson has made it his business to continue Carl's mission to popularize science to the non-scientists! What a wonderful story! Both Carl and Neil are so awesome!

[Akirameerkat]

I have a copy a Cosmos that I found last year in the bottom of a closet in my home, its signed by Carl, my father bought it from a libarary for a dollar, this Carl Sagan day, I also got it signed now by James Randi.

[jefferson1111]

i love Carl , 'but' Bill Nye lost my respect back when he mocked dr edgar mitchell to his face for saying we are not alone in the universe , edgar finally told him to shut up, its hard for me to look at bill nye

[snottyxraygirl]

I still have MY copy of "Cosmos", tattered and worn. Beloved book!

[SaganAppreciationSoc]

Thanks you for posting. A shame about the video being lost.