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Sep. 27th, 2005
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Sep. 27th, 2005 08:06 pmAttn science types with cable: COSMOS IS ON!!!
I know what some of you are saying. "Space is full of rocks and stars. Who the hell could make that interesting for thirteen one-hour episodes?" Carl Sagan, that's who. With a small Italian village where the speed of light is 40 kph, and a giant recreation of the Library of Alexandria, and that calendar that represents the entire history of the universe. And, of course, the Ship of the Imagination, where Sagan zooms around an artist's conception of the cosmos, grinning like a little boy who just unscrambled the Playboy channel for the first time, all alone in a suit and tie.
Most of you already have an interest in astronomy, in particular,![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
mmcirvin posts often about the latest data to come back from NASA. This is a great opportunity to see what these astronomy buffs are so captivated by.
It's not on yet in this time zone, so I'm watching "Cosmic Odyssey", the Shatner-narrated astronomy program that leads up to it.
It repeats after three hours, so if you missed it on the East Coast, there still might be a chance to catch it.
I know what some of you are saying. "Space is full of rocks and stars. Who the hell could make that interesting for thirteen one-hour episodes?" Carl Sagan, that's who. With a small Italian village where the speed of light is 40 kph, and a giant recreation of the Library of Alexandria, and that calendar that represents the entire history of the universe. And, of course, the Ship of the Imagination, where Sagan zooms around an artist's conception of the cosmos, grinning like a little boy who just unscrambled the Playboy channel for the first time, all alone in a suit and tie.
Most of you already have an interest in astronomy, in particular,
mmcirvin posts often about the latest data to come back from NASA. This is a great opportunity to see what these astronomy buffs are so captivated by.It's not on yet in this time zone, so I'm watching "Cosmic Odyssey", the Shatner-narrated astronomy program that leads up to it.
It repeats after three hours, so if you missed it on the East Coast, there still might be a chance to catch it.