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beyond the cradle space exploration news perspectives beyond the cradle space exploration news perspectives home about btc collaborators sagan day celebrations day viii the sagan essay contest winner the cosmic tour guide by renee james carl sagan s cosmos was life changing it was what every fable promises a simple street urchin is in fact long lost royalty only it wasn t a fable i was connected to the cosmos me read full essay my father by dorion sagan my father was unparalleled in his ability to convey the essence of science in poetic language he was pleasant to look at hypnotic to listen to and the conviction and enthusiasm of his presentations which took the form of a moral imperative for us to know ourselves were infectious i miss him the world misses him read full essay 2010 11 09 category carl sagan dorion sagan kepler 1 comment sagan day celebrations day vii charting the islands of the cosmic ocean by dan mills the universe is actively organizing developing and sustaining life generating sensation perception and mind we become part of a much larger process we become part of the waking mind of the cosmos inhabited worlds spaced like neurons joined in a universal network investigating reality read full essay for carl sagan s birthday by geoffrey w marcy we homo sapiens bear two great challenges one is to remain good stewards of our home planet which may be a rare cosmic orb suitable for technological life and it is to survive long enough to venture to the stars allowing the universe to know itself a bit better read full essay 2010 11 08 category carl sagan geoffrey marcy kepler leave a comment sagan day celebrations day vi we are at the prow of the whole by rui borges we find ourselves in this present time in this present space sharing a common opportunity to consciously share the wonders of this journey through the universe we are at the same time those with the power to generate questions and to seek the answers we are the whole on a quest for its own reason the universe has in its infinite sequence of events generated its own awareness and we as life as percipient life are at the threshold of the incredible read full essay 50 years of seti one cup of the cosmic ocean by jill tarter seti institute frank drake conducted the first radio search for extraterrestrial intelligence fifty years ago radio and optical search programs have been ongoing ever since many people think that means that we ve searched exhaustively and should now draw pessimistic conclusions from our lack of success thus far carl sagan knew better his imagery of the vast cosmic ocean puts our efforts into context we have barely begun to search read full essay 2010 11 07 category carl sagan jill tarter kepler rui borges seti 7 comments sagan day celebrations day v the restless spirit of science by bret s moore there is in humanity a great latent restlessness we are rarely content to enjoy the same view for very long we can t seem to help ourselves we are constant migrants vagabonds equal parts huck finn leo africanus and alice read full essay some personal thoughts by nick gautier project scientist for the kepler project carl s work had direct effects on my personal life as well from an early age i was enthralled with the ideas of space travel other worlds and other intelligent beings how boring it would be if we were alone but it s difficult to make real progress in space exploration as a nine year old so i proceeded with the usual process of growing up and getting an education a timely inspiration for me was carl s 1966 book with iosif shklovskii intelligent life in the universe which helped lay the foundation for rational scientific study of my childhood fascination read full essay 2010 11 06 category carl sagan kepler 2 comments sagan day celebrations day iv a beacon in the cosmic ocean by nick previsich it took a moment for my eyes to adjust slowly though the sky above began to appear granular after a few more minutes i saw brighter lights and many many lesser ones and they kept coming the longer i looked the more became apparent gradually i realized that the stripe of cloud running north to south was in fact the milky way and i was jarred by a sense of three dimensionality about what i was seeing there it was the galaxy read full essay looking out to sea by stuart atkinson my companion smiled knowingly you had an epiphany my friend he said all astronomers have one either as a child or later in life a moment when the wonders of the cosmos are revealed to them for the first time and they sense our place in the universe weren t you frightened i shook my head vigorously frightened no i was liberated i felt free i turned to him does that make sense read full essay 2010 11 06 category carl sagan kepler nicholas previsich stuart atkinson leave a comment sagan celebrations day iii keeping our place in a complex universe by michael fried photons stream into your eyes and are interpreted by your spectacularly sophisticated brain your brain which is capable of instantly picking the correct words to form sentences out of its collection of tens or hundreds of thousands of words after all the you that thinks and feels is really just your brain and they re not much to look at no offense read full essay the shore of the cosmic ocean a confluence of humanity and science by emma bakes phd md candidate i was fourteen years old engrossed in nightly piano practice when my mother came into the lounge and announced with a great deal of excitement that there was a tv program showing that i needed to see i sighed heavily in a way only teenagers can accompanied by the obligatory eye roll and decided it had better be good because few things can outrank a beethoven sonata that tv program was cosmos and within minutes i found myself enthralled by carl sagan his unique vision of the universe and humanity s place within it read full essay 2010 11 06 category carl sagan kepler leave a comment sagan celebrations day ii today at kepler s echoes on the shore reflections of the legacy of carl sagan by christian brown sagan was a spokesman for a glorious reality that is for all of its awesomeness undeniably real in the eye of the public geniuses and charlatans alike are most often judged not by the content of their message but by the skillfulness of their delivery sagan was a rare blend of style and substance a potent combination of showmanship and the sacrosanct the likes of which can capture the attention of an entire planet read full essay shore leave some thoughts inspired by the shores of the cosmic ocean by carl sagan by jeffrey van cleve as i watched carl sagan travel in his ship of the imagination in the shores of the cosmic ocean i felt amazement at the achievements of the human mind and hand not only in sagan s message but also in the medium through which i was viewing it the iphone youtube and all the technology behind them we re some pretty smart monkeys after all as sagan s journey started with a dandelion went to the edge of the universe and returned i felt a sense of beauty like blake to see a world in a grain of sand and a heaven in a wild flower read full essay 2010 11 03 category carl sagan kepler leave a comment come celebrate sagan today is the launch of kepler mission s celebrations of carl sagan s 76th birthday to take place on november 9 to mark the occasion essays from the general public and articles by invited guests will be published on a daily basis at kepler s website today you will find an essay by sarah o sullivan and a special appearance by seth shostak it is also there that you will be able to find and original musical piece composed by lyford rome expressly to this special event go there is something incredible waiting to be known 2010 11 02 category carl sagan kepler seth shostak seti tags carl sagan kepler seth shostak seti leave a comment sagan day essay contest sagan day essay contest sponsored by nasa s kepler mission and seti institute his words our words as beacons for the future theme the surface of the earth is the shore of the cosmic ocean on this shore we ve learned most of what we know recently we ve waded a little way out maybe ankle deep and the water seems inviting some part of our being knows this is where we came from we long to return and we can because the cosmos is also within us we re made of star stuff we are a way for the cosmos to know itself carl sagan cosmos 1980 in honor of carl sagan s birthday on november 9th we invite you to pause and reflect on the imagery that he created for us in his allegory of the shore of the cosmic ocean we invite you to communicate your thoughts and ideas your reflections on the past and your visions for the future we want the written expressions of what you see as you stand on that shore how did you arrive there with your individual perspective where will we go from here what drives us toward those distant shores what embodies the spirit of exploration all ideas inspired by the shore of the cosmic ocean are acceptable please send your contributions to kepler public lists nasa gov deadline october 26 2010 awards announced november 9 2010 more details here 2010 10 13 category carl sagan kepler nasa seti 1 comment challenge when the concept of the homo viator manifest emerged in my mind it was of something like a tree with a trunk from where diverse branches would radiate but being part of the same structure the first part of it was the fruit of the collaboration between myself and two dear friends stuart atkinson and nicholas previsic h since then it served also as inspiration for an audiovisual performance and other artworks which you can see here www youtube com watch v z5uk1m4i6ug now i would like to invite you challenge you to also become part of it i want the manifest to grow in as many different directions as possible go have a read and if you feel inclined to write your own part of it to share your own roadmap send me an e mail rui dot alexandre dot borges at gmail dot com the doors are open let us see in which direction the branches will grow 2010 09 14 category homo viator manifest nicholas previsich rui borges stuart atkinson leave a comment 1 2 3 10 ________________________ where can it be this land of eldorado rss feed pages about btc collaborators recent posts sagan day celebrations day viii sagan day celebrations day vii sagan day celebrations day vi sagan day celebrations day v sagan day celebrations day iv email subscription enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email email address sign up join 7 other subscribers recent comments ellis sween on hat p 7b confirmation and many great things to come with natalie batalha post5580157 on kepler mission first light update with jon jenkins me on i ve loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night jerome dolney on kepler mission stellar smear and a grain of salt na giraldo on kepler mission it s full of stars archives november 2010 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