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Carl Sagan
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Carl Edward Sagan (b. 1934 - b. 1996) was an American astronomer, planetary scientist and author, professor of astronomy and space sciences and director of the Laboratory for Planetary Studies at Cornell University, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. Sagan played an active role in the Mars experiments carried out by Mariner 9 in 1971, worked also on the Viking and Voyager projects, and was responsible for placing a message to alien life aboard the interstellar spaceship Pioneer 10 (Jupiter flyby 1973). He was co-founder and president of the Planetary Society, a very large space-interest group. For twelve years he was editor-in-chief of Icarus, a journal devoted to planetary research. From the mid-1970s, through books and pre-eminently through his 13-part PBS television documentary series Cosmos (1980), which he wrote (together with screenwriters who included Gentry Lee) and presentedSelect a novel or story title to see the inventions from that work:
Contact, Not known, 1985
Science Fiction in the News:
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Gaia - Why Stop With Just The Earth? (4/18/2024)
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Splendid View Of Eclipse From Orbit Visualized And Repurposed By Arthur C. Clarke (4/12/2024)
Bespoke Environment Music From AIs (4/10/2024)
Goldene - A Two-Dimensional Sheet Of Gold One Atom Thick (4/8/2024)
SpaceX Wants A Moonbase Alpha (4/6/2024)
Vast Apartment Living Will Get Even More Vast (4/4/2024)
NASA Wants Self-Driving Or Remote-Controlled Vehicles For Lunar Astronauts (4/2/2024)
