Inspiring documentary about the future of humanity, narrated by Carl Sagan (1934-1996) from his book The Pale Blue Dot: For all its material advantages, the sedentary life has left us edgy, unfulfilled. Even after 400 generations in villages and cities, we havent forgotten. The open road still softly calls, like a nearly forgotten song of childhood. We invest far-off places with a certain romance. This appeal, I suspect, has been meticulously crafted by natural selection as an essential element in our survival. Long summers, mild winters, rich harvests, plentiful game—none of them lasts forever. It is beyond our powers to predict the future. Catastrophic events have a way of sneaking up on us, of catching us unaware. Your own life, or your bands, or even your species might be owed to a restless few—drawn, by a craving they can hardly articulate or understand, to undiscovered lands and new worlds.Herman Melville, in Moby Dick, spoke for wanderers in all epochs and meridians: I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas... Maybe its a little early. Maybe the time is not quite yet. But those other worlds— promising untold opportunities—beckon. Silently, they orbit the Sun, waiting. #space #science #life #nasa #esa PS:(It depicts the earth in 10,000BC, the Great Red Spot of Jupiter, Saturn´s moon Enceladus, Saturns rings, Terra Cimmeria highlands on Mars, Victoria Crater on Mars, Saturns moon Iapetus, asteroids in the Main Asteroid Belt, Jupiters moon Europa, Ligeia Mare, Titan,Uranus moon Miranda.)
Posted on: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 16:14:38 +0000
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