American astronomer Carl Sagan was a great inspiration to many of us sci-fi nerds having being at the forefront of the search for extra terrestrial life (SETI).
Carl Sagan left behind some deeply inspiring and thought provoking work including more than 600 scientific pages and 20 books including ‘Contact’.
Carl Sagan also narrated on some great documentaries including ‘The Sagan Series’ which we showcase below all 9 videos. Breath-taking cinematography and a mesmerising soundtrack lends a powerful scenery to Sagan’s narration from his hit TV series, Cosmos: A Personal Voyage.
THE SAGAN SERIES (part 1) – The Frontier Is Everywhere
THE SAGAN SERIES (part 2) – Life Looks for Life
THE SAGAN SERIES (part 3) – A Reassuring Fable
THE SAGAN SERIES (part 4) – Per Aspera Ad Astra
THE SAGAN SERIES (part 5) – Decide To Listen
THE SAGAN SERIES (part 6) – End of an Era: The Final Shuttle Launch
THE SAGAN SERIES (part 7) – The Long Astronomical Perspective
THE SAGAN SERIES (part 8) – Gift of Apollo
THE SAGAN SERIES (part 9) – The Humans
and finally…Carl Sagan’s message for Mars
Carl Sagan died on 20th December 1996 and so when the Phoenix safely landed upon Mars on May 25th 2008, this following video was carried with it a DVD made of silica glass, designed to last the tens, hundreds, thousands of years it may take for humans to visit Mars and to rediscover it. It contained messages and artworks chosen for future visitors to discover when humans eventually travel to the planet. Among them was a message from the late Carl Sagan.
Music is Brian Eno, ‘An Ending (Ascent)’
