Cosmos Episode 5: Blues for a Red Planet Part 6 of 7

Is there life on Mars? Dr. Sagan takes viewers on a tour of the red planet first through the eyes of science fiction authors, and then through the unblinking eyes of two Viking spacecrafts that have sent thousands of pictures of the stunning Martian landscape back to Earth since 1976. Though based on older Mars missions, Sagan's analysis still holds true.

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[SaganAppreciationSoc]

"If there is life, then I believe we should do nothing to disturb that life.

Mars then, belongs to the Martians, even if they are microbes."

-Carl Sagan, COSMOS, episode "Blues for a Red Planet"

[petergao15]

Amazing. When we slip on some loose soil, we'd probably mutter a swear word and move on. When Carl Sagan does it, he picks up the soil and investigates it.

Truly, an incredible, curious human being.

[unifiedreality]

I always wonder what we would do about the solar winds. Is there any way to energise the martian magnetic shield?

[gerrymoran1]

@Bnr324 Sorry.....no it's not.

[Bnr324]

@UnitedGlorySquad

Hey guise, the track is "Fly...Night Bird" by Roy Buchanan

Enjoy!

[Jammed9000]

@petergao15

I once picked up some dirt at school and my teacher called me a tool. Hey that rhymes! (Tool means penis in Australia.)

[gerrymoran1]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE can someone tell me the name and performer of the music which starts at 3:03....I've been searching for years.

[SkeptikSnarf]

@UnitedGlorySquad if your talking about the music around 2:50, no clue i have been desperate to find out myself. but the earlier track is Hovhaness - The Prayer of Saint Gregory

[UnitedGlorySquad]

What is the lazy, soft musical piece playing in the background?!? I've always wanted to know, and as far as I can tell, it's not on the Cosmos Soundtrack (now out of print, I think, in any case). Does anyone know?

Oh, and yeah, Sagan was a great, great scientist and human being; his contributions to scientific advocacy are nearly unparalleled, and should continue to be cherished for years to come. Personally, I know that I can watch Cosmos just about anytime; I LOVE IT.

PEACE!

[jacksawild]

every second we waste by not developing mars as a place for earth creatures to live is another second we risk four and a half billion years of evolution, one large comet and we're gone in moments. After mars we need to spread beyond the solar system... it has to be done. NOW!

[KroBars]

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