I agree except for one point Jared. You're right, it was ridiculous when the ship flew through the asteroid belt and there were hundreds swarming around. So naturally I also thought the depiction of Saturn's rings was also over done like that. Not so according to this paper : http://iopscience.iop.org/1538-3881/133/6/2624/pdf/1538-3881_133_6_2624.pdf(... this via the Reddit Cosmos Q&A) which shows Cassini measurements indicating the A ring has a surface density of ~40 g/cm^2 and a thickness of just ~6m. Since ice is about 1 g/cm^3 and different rocks maybe a few times that, that still shows how remarkably dense the A ring is, and its depiction in the show was probably accurate. I guess I learned something after all! Ian On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 11:54 AM, Joe Bauman <josephmbauman@yahoo.com>wrote:
I never met Sagan but I had a real sense of loss while watching him last night. He was a fine scientist and a great inspiration, yet look how he was treated by the scientific establishment.
------------------------------ On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 5:34 AM MDT Chuck Hards wrote:
I met Carl Sagan in mid 70s. He was very interested in what this teenager had to say, a perfect gentleman. The last segment got me a bit misty, as well. I actually gave up an hour of sleep to catch it, rather than watch the DVR recording tonight.
I'll watch the entire series.
I picked up the original COSMOS on DVD last year, to replace my aging VHS tape set (I don't even have a VCR anymore). Am about halfway through it. It holds-up well after all these years.
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