Touch the Cosmos
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- dog_opus
Has anyone been following "When We Left Earth" on the Discovery Channel? I started watching it last week (it ended with the Gemini missions), and this week (Apollo missions) I've actually been blowing off much of the Celtics game to watch it. It's fantastic—awe-inspiring and humbling. If you stop to think about it, it's really mind-blowing that we've done this stuff.
- imnotadesigner0
can you find it online anywhere?
- Not sure. Try Discovery channel; maybe they'll have clips.dog_opus
- Was just on their site... nothingimnotadesigner
- dog_opus0
- wasn't there one with a pictogram as well?imnotadesigner
- That's on Voyager.dog_opus
- 1969 ... so Futura's stuff looks like Eagle etchings as the latter was around first.23kon
- imnotadesigner0
- honestly, who or what would ever be able to figure this out?imnotadesigner
- If I remember correctly (from one of Carl Sagan's books), it's a map of where we are in the galaxy.dog_opus
- a lot of controversy esp. because of the arrow, which we erroneously assume an alien civilization is familiar with._niko
- the w linked circles at top, represent our most basic element - Hydrogen. the starburst shows our location in the galaxyovsm
- all I see are boobiesflashbender
- whos going to say hello to an alien in the scud?23kon
- how the hell could an alien see that as hydrogen if I cant? And Im FROM this planetimnotadesigner
- omgitsacamera0
yeah, i've been watching it, not really that boring as i might have thought.
the old clips look kick-ass on my HDTV.
- Yeah, I wish I had HDTV. It was made for it (like everything else good these days).dog_opus
- dog_opus0
It's starting again if anyone wants to catch it from the beginning.
- slappy0
We used to have a game at school where you grab a handfull of gravel and throw it in the air and yell skylab, then everyone would run for cover...
Not sure if this is just an aussie game or not, try it at a party and see if anyone laughs?