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Originally Posted By: Tromboniator
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I remember some one saying on TV (carl sagan?) "We are all made up of the material of stars".


Carl Sagan is my hero. My sister was his secretary for a number of years, until her death in 1992. I never got to meet Carl.



I'll bet she learned a bundle of things, just by association.


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My sister was his secretary !!!!!!!!!

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Originally Posted By: Candy
I don't know of Carl Sagan, but I believe what he said is true.


He was an American astronomer/planetologist (and philosopher) who made great and successful effort to make science popular and even romantic through books and television. He died in (I think) 1996. His primary motivation was a sense of wonder.

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Thanks Peter...I did google him after I posted that.
You should have made the effort to meet him, I'm sure he wouldn't have minded.

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I was lucky to attend a lecture once. Remarkable.


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he was a brilliant, kind man, who is sorely missed. we need him more than ever.


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Originally Posted By: Candy
Thanks Peter...I did google him after I posted that.
You should have made the effort to meet him, I'm sure he wouldn't have minded.


On those rare occasions when I got to the eastern part of the country to visit my sister, Carl always seemed to be off gallivanting somewhere. When you're in Alaska it limits the number of people your can drop in on. From what I've heard of him, he would have been as honored as I would have been.

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Originally Posted By: Buffalo Shrdlu
he was a brilliant, kind man, who is sorely missed. we need him more than ever.



Unfortunately, as with so many, we miss and lament them
more after they are gone, than appreciate them when they
are with us.


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Originally Posted By: Buffalo Shrdlu
he was a brilliant, kind man, who is sorely missed. we need him more than ever.



Unfortunately, as with so many, we miss and lament them
more after they are gone, than appreciate them when they
are with us.


while I agree, I totally appreciated Mr. Sagan while he was living.


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