BluePoint - Carl Sagan- Memorial Page 6

Carl Sagan Memorial Book Page 6

Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4, Page 5, Page 7, Page 8

Another light goes out in the darkness....
We don't lost him. He will be there...When we will be looking to the skies...In every single light blinking to us... In every book shelf showing us the strange wonder of our Cosmos...

Date: Wed, 09 Jul 1997 11:41:29 +0000
From: misha
Subject: Carl Sagan page

Cool page. Carl Sagan is my hero. I hope you don't mind, but I put a link to your page on mine. It's a great tribute to a brilliant man.
Thanks,
Misha

www.flash.net/~misha/misha.htm

Date: Sun, 06 Jul 97 23:25:11 -0700
From: Karen Sprance
Subject: (no subject)

I'm sure as is the case for many others, Carl Sagan is the reason I am so interested in science today. I was in elementary school when COSMOS aired on PBS, and it was a revelation. I hope Mr. Sagan is still learning/teaching wherever he is (Although he did not believe this was possible, I choose to believe it for him, and for all of us).

Date: Sun, 06 Jul 1997 22:22:56 +1100
From: "glong@ipswich.gil.com.au"
Subject: Sagan long ,born 4-dec-1993

My name is Glen Long from Brisbane, Australia and Carl Sagan had a great influence in my thinking.At this exact time of writing i have just heard that the Mars Pathfinder site was named The "Carl Sagan Memorial site" on mars ...FANTASTIC. My daughters' name is ..SAGAN ALISON MORGAN LONG born in december 1993.I hope that one day she will look up to the stars the same as her namesake.And who knows?....maybe visit the Martian Memorial to DR.Sagan in person???

Date: Sun, 06 Jul 1997 10:49:03 -0400
From: Mike
Subject: another star

We'lost him, but a new star lights in the sky.

Miguel Arias

Date: Sun, 6 Jul 1997 18:21:42 -0400
From: Leonardo
Subject: ON Carl Sagan

" I think that in Death, Man finds all the answers to all the questions he has pondered in life"

Carl Sagan I think is Smiling in Heaven now as he Has the pure knowledge of Truth now as where we the living are still seeking it. Bless you Dr. Sagan and thankyou for enriching my life with Cosmos."
Leonardo Candelario

Date: Wed, 09 Jul 97 15:46:41 -0700
From: axavie@ibm.net
Subject: Sagan inspired humankind

Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 00:30:37 -0700
From: Drew and Robin Brown
Subject: Thanks Carl!

Carl Sagan has and always will be my idol and role model. From as early as I can remember Carl inspired me to learn more about the Cosmos and made me ask the question...Are we alone? Personally, I believe there are billions and billions of other lifeforms in the Cosmos. It would be very little of us to think that we are alone. Out of the inconceivable amount of stars in the sky and beyond there has to be someone out there.

I will miss Carl and his insights about the Cosmos. However, what a legacy he has left all of us to build upon. He has had an important part in many of the space exploration projects over the years and now, with the naming of the Mars Pathfinder after him - he will continue to be an inspiration to us all. And someday, we will learn if there is other life in the Cosmos - a question he always had.

But if you think about it...he already knows the answer.

Thank you Carl for your life. You made us all look at the stars in a slightly different light.
R. Brown
Medford, Oregon

Date: Wed, 09 Jul 97 16:08:40 -0700
From: axavie@ibm.net
Subject: Dear Carl

I'm a jornalist from Brazil and i'm writing a astronomy book right now, sure, inspired in one of the greatests man in our recent history. I'm 36 now, and my interest in the issue was wake up some twelve years ago when i first begin to read his books.My book is dedicated to him. I hope i can teach a little of our true life to brazilian people with the vision of our knowledge of universe that Carl Sagan brought to all of us. I use to work in television presenting news, and became popular. In an interview to a, let4s say, Larry King of Brazil, Jo soares, i sustained that "Pale Blue Dot", was like a new cientific bible to the world. Many agreed, but than i realize how people don't know nothing about our world.Many did'nt understood my point of view, not even the interviwer.I'll try to explain in this book. Hope i can with the Carl Sagan's inspiration.

Your mission on earth was wonderfull. You teach, to all of us, love for the universe, planets and life.What else someone could tell us better than this? You'll be forever in our hearts.

Thank you. Sincerely, Augusto Xavier from Brasil.

Date: Thu, 10 Jul 1997 22:25:29 -0400
From: rnichols@netcom.ca
Subject: Dr. Sagan

Well, it's almost been a week since the successful landing on Mars. Every day since that event, I kept coming back to the fact that Carl did not live to experience this moment, this triumph, and it saddened me greatly. I have just discovered this web-site, and read the comments and condolences of many others. I too will miss Dr. Sagan, because like so many, his COSMOS series and writings inspired me and opened my eyes to wonder and learning. It does feel strange to miss a man that I've never met, but reading these heartfelt messages has assuaged that sorrow. You have done Carl's family, and everyone who cared about him, a service by providing this forum. My sympathy to Carl's family and friends. He truly was a giant of our time.

Date: Sat, 19 Jul 1997 22:25:57 -0400 (EDT)
From: KLowrey106@aol.com
Subject: Sagan's Legacy

To all of humanity who benefited from Carl's life and teaching, let us continue to make sure that our search of the cosmos continues.

CQ
CQ
CQ
Carl, are you out there? Over.

Date: Sat, 23 Aug 1997 21:14:04 +0000
From: Jay Gould
Subject: Thoughts about Carl Sagan

Carl Sagan was incredabily incisive intellect, able to see through to the underlying truth in any subject. His books and TV show Cosmos has had a profoundly benificial effect on me in terms of my views and underatanding of the universe.

Jay Gould

Date: Mon, 25 Aug 1997 13:32:58 +0000
From: Richard Scott
Subject: Impact

I was introduced to Carl Sagan's ideas when I was a freshman in high school. Through my teacher of basic earth science(who was a devoted "Saganite"), I learned to expand my mind beyond the boundaries of Earth. Truly, one does not learn to appreciate the heavens-at least in terms of aesthetics-until Carl Sagan's ideas are looked at.

J. Anderson

Date: Mon, 25 Aug 1997 18:29:32 -0600
From: "[ISO-8859-1] Mauricio Gonzalez"
Subject: Carl Sagan

I'll miss him he teached me more than everybody think: I learned how to take a look to the life in a different way.

Mauricio Gonzalez
Cuernavaca, Morelos

Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 20:07:37 -0700
From: Trwhite
Subject: SAGAN

He will be missed.

Date: Tue, 26 Aug 1997 23:56:42 -0400
From: madvin
Subject: response

I surely miss his stories of the cosmos. I do not believe there is another person who could make you feel like you were a part of the story as he could. We all will sorely miss him.
VRErmel

Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 09:13:23 -0400
From: Guillermo Gonzalez
Subject: Carl Sagan, searcher of truth

He is gone now, for several months, giving us all a bit of time to reflect. He is missed, and will continue to be missed by all of us who were inspired by him, all of us for whom his insights, and his style of presenting them, opened our minds to the wonders of the Universe.

We shall miss him indeed, and yet, we should shed no tears. For although I am a skeptic, I can't help but believe that Carl didn't merely leave this earth untimely; he has taken his search for truth to a more intimate level.

God speed to you Carl, may your searches be fruitful, and when its our turn to get there, may you teach us all what you have learned.

Guillermo Gonzalez

Date: Thu, 28 Aug 1997 21:38:57 +0200
From: "J.Manuel Castro"
Subject: Sagan: Lloro por la perdida de un hombre que llego a las estrellas.

Desde todas las partes del mundo hemos sentido la perdida de la desaparicisn fmsica de un hombre que nos enseqsr a ver el universo con los ojos de la inocencia y la imaginacisn. Todo sin perder el rigor de la verdad. Que desde las estrellas nos ayude.
Josi Manuel Castro
Espaqa.

Date: Sat, 13 Sep 1997 00:18:20 -0300
From: Mirela
Reply-To: <@cpovo.net>

Coloca teus ideias acimas das estrelas, Mesmo que chegues a metade do caminho, Ainda tera valido a pena...

Faga como ele

Terezinha Ivone Cintra - Brasil

Date: Wed, 03 Sep 1997 11:56:58 +0000
From: Adrian Ringin
Subject: Carl Sagan

Thank you for your Carl Sagan site. I enjoyed his books and it was a pity he left this orb so soon. I'm currently reading "Demon haunted world", and its great. I'm also seeing "Contact" this week.

I think he was one of the best philosophers I have read, and it wasn't even his main job. His perspective on things was a cool one.

The reason I write, is that I heard a cool quote from him somewhere, and I was wondering if you could tell me the original version. It concerned him being unsure whether it was more amazing that we were alone in the universe or that we were not. If you could tell me the uncorrupted version I would appreciate it.

Adrian Ringin

"Trust a witness in all matters in which neither his self-interest, his passions, his prejudices, nor his love of the marvellous is strongly concerned. When they are involved, require corroborative evidence in exact proportion to the contravention of probability by the thing testified." (Thomas Henry Huxley)

Date: Sun, 14 Sep 1997 23:31:07 -0400
From: Robert Cunningham
Subject: The loss of carl Sagan

A man once said that only the person is disposable not the job, and where will we find another caretaker for the lighthouse that showed the path to true science where shall we find one that cares to teach each little person, who takes the time carefully tend the light with such attention that the creators of the pseudoscience shirk away from the warm light of knowledge. I greatly appreciate the man who took the task to develop the real belief when the world is winding like a great ziggaraut trying forever to reach higher but forgetting that you have to build out before you build up. You can't just raise a few people to a great height but everybody just a little bit, because that just makes it all the easier the next time to raise them a little bit more because they can grasp the next handhold for themselves. Carl Sagan the Builder and Keeper of that lone candle atop the lighthouse letting all the people who have the belief see.

Thank You

Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1997 21:56:42 +1000
From: Michael Davis
Subject: Thanks

I am a layman when it comes to the cosmos, but Carl Sagan explained everything so that laymen could understand his theme. I am currently reading "The Demon Haunted World" and it is amazing that such a subject can be written in such a way that we can all understand it, but then all his books are written the same way. Thank you Carl Sagan, you are sorely missed and in my lifetime you will always be missed.

Michael Davis
Sydney, Australia.

Date: Wed, 24 Sep 1997 21:21:10 -0600
From: Chris Davis
Subject: Carl Sagan Tribute

I'v spent the last two weeks watching Cosmos again as an adult.

After a long and complete search in and about my immediate world, I found the complete collection in a store in Denver, Co. The man was an incredibly complex person with an abundance of love and flare for science. This along with a flare for passing that love to others was the main reason for my getting into science and eventually getting a job at Intel without any college degree of any kind. What a battle it must have been for him to deal with his own complexity.

If there is a life after death (which I'm sure he would vigorously debate due to the lack of "reliable and realistic evidence" as with UFO's), I shudder to contemplate his joy with the discoveries he has made in the Cosmos with his new found freedom. Thanks "a billion" for keeping this page on the Web.

Dr. Carl Sagan will be long remembered, I promise.

Sincerely,

Christian Davis

Date: Sat, 20 Sep 1997 15:45:22 -0000
From: curso14
Subject: de alguien en este mundo

Desgraciadamente perdimos a uno de los grandes promotores del estudio de nuestra gran casa universal,demostrando asi que el hombre no esta solo en el vecindario estelar .....

Date: Sat, 27 Sep 1997 22:43:09 -0700
From: walkperson@waonline.com
Subject: Carl

In all of my 50 years of anarchistic living, I have never felt sorry about the death of any celebrated figure. I did shed tears for Carl, though. Especially when I think of all that he's going to miss in the upcoming decades in terms of astronomical discoveries. Carl was damed right: there's no god out there. The universe is utterly indifferent.

Date: Tue, 30 Sep 1997 17:51:31 -0400
From: Darwin Augustus Ivan Burns
Subject: *~*

Thank you for all the gifts passed on to this world and all its coming generations.

Date: Wed, 08 Oct 1997 06:14:32 -0300
From: Milton Sienra
Subject: SAGAN FUE EL MAS GRANDE !!

Gracias a Carl Sagan, que con su serie "Cosmos", nos llevs de la mano por el Universo, haciendo de la Astronomia el mas fantastico viaje. Alguna personas tienen dioses; yo tuve al Dr. Carl Sagan, que siempre sera extraqado y recordado en Uruguay.

Date: Sat, 11 Oct 97 23:32:48 -1000 (HST)
From: Lewis Baeth
Subject: Carl Sagan Memorial

I was introduced to Carl Sagan only a couple of months before his death through his book "The Dragons of Eden". The thoughts and ideas he shared with me there taught me a lot about myself and the world around me. To those who knew Carl, he must have seemed a brilliant, energetic man. My message of comfort to Carl's survivors is that his soul and ideas will be immortalized through his writings. I only wish I could have been introduced to him sooner.

My dearest condolances,
Ehren Wells

Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 22:58:00 +0800
From: "Reynold C. Figueroa"
Subject: Reynold Figueroa

sorry to hear about this i only knew Carl Sagan in TV and the last time i saw his name is in the movie CONTACT. and i love his lecture regarding the cosmos...

Reynold Figueroa (Computer Programmer)

Date: Mon, 29 Sep 1997 13:13:25 -0700
From: Miguel de Olarte Galindo
Subject: Carl Sagan Website

Hello:
I am a person interest in the work and life of Carl Sagan. i felt very sad the day he passed away and in honor of him I made a small Homepage in this address:

http://w3.mor.itesm.mx/~molarte/SAGAN.HTM

As you can see i am from Mixico and the page is of course in spanish. I want to make a richier page but i want to make it bilingual (Spanish and English). Sagan's work is for all human kind and i will like to spread it in spanish too, therefore i write this to you asking your permission to use and translate some of your data in your Blue Point page making, of course, a reference to where this information came from.

I just want to make people get interest in science, and for me Carl Sagan was an inspiration for this. I hope that with this small contribution a few people in my language will be inspirated too. Thats the reason of this mail.

Sorry to bother you and forgive if my english is not good.
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Laboratorio de Multimedia Paseo de la Reforma 182 A
Division de Ingenieria y Ciencias Apartado Postal 99-C
Tel: +52(73) 14-35-89 Cuernavaca, Morelos
+52(73) 10-07-22 ext F2 MEXICO 62050
Fax: +52(73) 14-35-89
email: molarte@campus.mor.itesm.mx
Pagina del Laboratorio de Multimedia: http://w3.mor.itesm.mx/~molarte/
Pagina personal: http://w3.mor.itesm.mx/~molarte/MOG.HTM
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Date: Sun, 12 Oct 1997 19:59:29 +1000
From: Marzia
Subject: (no subject)

Dear Carl,

It may take another decade to have other scientifically literate intellectuals like you. My sympathy extends to your family. Your book that I am reading will treasured in years to come by the scientific community.

Giulio from Melbourne, Australi

Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 03:10:22 -0500
From: "W.B. Fritze III"
Subject: Dr. Sagan

When I was young, when Cosmos was on the television, I sat with rapt attention, never leaving the living room, never wanting to miss one moment, never wanting to miss one word of one sentence that Mr. Sagan spoke. I felt the wonder of astronomy, the wonder that he was showing the world, showing me. That same year, my parents bought me a Sears telescope and the 1st edition (hardback) of Cosmos. The telescope didn't last long due to constant use and a friend walked off with my edition of Cosmos (I'll replace it if I can) but my love and wonder of science has never left me.

While I took to writing rather than science, I am going back to school to follow my first love - to discover the world around us through careful observation, through the scientific method he talks about in his brilliant book "Demon Haunted World".

I wish that I could have thanked Dr. Sagan personally for his efforts to bring something so wonderful, the world around me, to my television screen all those nights. I would have loved to have him standing there when my dad and I first focused on the mares of the moon. I think he would have been very proud, and very happy, to see a farm kid first look to the stars and wonder what they were made of, how far they were away, to stand beneath them and gaze up in sheer glee. The stars are no longer pinpoints in the sky but friends of mine.

Thank you, Dr. Sagan. Thank you for all that you have done for me and others like me.

I'll miss you.

W.B. Fritze III

pax

Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 20:55:49 -0400
From: "Joshua D. Lindstrom"
Subject: Sagan

I first watched the Cosmos television series when I was somewhere in the neighborhood of six or seven years old. I harly knew what anything meant, but I hung on to every nasal word. Much later, when I was fourteen, I read the book Cosmos and was inspired by its contents. Carl Sagan allowed me to delve deeper into my self than any other person has before or since. He allowed me to make sense of a world and a universe where I felt burnt out and bogged down. For Carl Sagan wherever you are: Thanks.

David Rice

Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 19:58:51 -0600
From: Excess
Subject: sagan

i think that this worl have lost one of the most incredible human bean and excellent teacher for all of us.

Rest in peace Carl.

Date: Sat, 18 Oct 1997 05:49:06 -0300

From: Oscar Carlos Cortelezzi
Subject: En memoria del Dr. Carl Sagan

Gracias por haberte encargado de esclarecer las mentes de millones de seres en este mundo... A principios de los '80 yo estaba entre ellos. Gracias por tu obra, tus libros y tu inmensa tarea de divulgacisn de la verdad cientmfica.

Algzn dma el espacio sera conquistado, hallaremos vida y civilizaciones en otros lejanos mundos... Ese dma tz seras nombrado y recordado. De seguro tu memoria durara por siempre... Tanto como aquella placa salutatoria que supiste diseqar para el Voyager. Descanza en PAZ Carl Sagan...

Oscar Carlos Cortelezzi
Capital Federal - Buenos Aires
Repzblica Argentina

Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 10:30:06 -0800
From: Linda K Bryant
Subject: carl sagan

Dr. sagan was a true scholar. He typified the meaning of practical applications of education. Thoughout his life he has given more and more to the body of knowledge that is science. He brought science to the non-scientist and scientist alike. Carl influenced me early in my life through his wonderful series, "Cosmos". From listening to him tell of the marvelous and surreal universe that we inhabit, to reading his important essays on the problems that we face here on Earth, Sagan has drawn me into science. Although, In my opinion, the most important contribution Sagan has given us lies not in his scientific rhetoric, but in his humanitarianism. He was a true believer in the human spirit. The idea that we as a species can do anything if we just pull together is a beautiful concept posited by Carl and it is one that we should all try to adhere to.

Sincerely,

Chris Bryant

Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 21:46:38 +0800
From: "Renato G. Buenaobra"
Subject: "Carl Sagan is a frigate"

Carl is an influential persona in my life. I remember his line: "Nothing is preordained...."
And I long for the movement our species into the galaxies, exploring for the reasons we still couldn't think of. I hold the pillars of his dream and it will be held dear.

Dr. Raven Atupan
Pathologist
Nasipit, Agusan del Norte - Philippines

Date: Sun, 26 Oct 1997 18:31:17 +0800
From: Lee Baldock
Subject: Carl Sagan

Carl Sagan's books and Television programmes have been an inspiration to me. They have given me a feeling of hope for humanities future. I mourn his loss as both a genius of our age and a stalwart defender of humanity.

Date: Thu, 16 Oct 1997 16:39:24 -0500
From: Jeff Nelson
Subject: He will be missed

I am not an Astronomer or Scientist, Just some one who has deeply admired Carl Sagan since the Series Aired in 1980, I always thought that some day, I would be able to meet him. To me, meeting Dr. Sagan would have been more important that meeting the President, or the Pope, or any Celeberity in Hollywood. Space has always been my facination, and always will be. There will never never be a sole that has touched my life like Carl Sagan has. I wish him well in his final journey home.

Jeff Nelson

Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 19:31:37 -0600
From: ricardo briseno
Subject: A mark for life

Carl Sagan Introduce me by the first time to the world of science thru his Cosmos series , They marked my life with a love for astronomy and science.I would have very much liked to meet him and told him personally. I don't think that somebody would read this but I still do it as tribute to the life of a great man.

Ricardo Briseno
Mexico.

Date: Thu, 30 Oct 1997 11:08:26 +0800
From: Nick Varley
Subject: Fw: Dr. Carl Sagan

I was very sad to hear of Dr. Sagan's death last year. I have just found this website and I think it is marvelous that so many people have contributed to it. It shows what a profound effect this great mind had on so many people.

I remember watching 'Cosmos' when I was growing up. It was the most fascinating program I had ever seen, and still is. Dr. Sagan had the great gift of being able to make science accessible to the non-scientist in such enthralling style. He awakened in me a thirst for knowledge about our universe that has never been quenched. I have read all of his works, and those of many others, in an attempt to learn about our universe and about our place in it. But not only was Dr. Sagan such a brilliant scientific mind, he was also a great mover for peace and humanity. During the cold war years, he saw down the road in which we were all being driven and implored those in positions of influence to turn back before it was too late. I am sure his words played no small part in the growing trend of 'global village' thinking. In this time of great discovery, when so much now seems possible in stellar exploration, it is sad to think that he will not be here to guide us on our way. I wish I had had the opportunity to ask him so many questions and discuss so many things with him, like many others I am sure!! One of the greatest minds of this, or any other, century has been lost. But, boy, what a profound influence on so many lives. Quite unique. My sincerest sympathies to his family and friends.

Nick Varley
Manila, Philippines.

Date: Mon, 20 Oct 1997 20:24:39 -0700
From: Craig Russell
Subject: Segan Tribute

I once asked an astronomer friend about the vastness of our universe. "Are the as many stars as there are grains of sand on our earth"? The astronomer replied, "There are as many galixies as there are grains of sand on our earth". To think in these terms makes one understand Carl's ongoing usage of his famous quote, "billions". Long may you wander the cosmos!

Date: Sun, 02 Nov 1997 23:29:37 -0500
From: Kevin Deame
Subject: Sagan - Man of Peace

I only met him once when he came out of his way to speak in Washington on behalf of the Great Peace March for Global Nuclear Disarmement. We had just arrived after a 8 1/2 month cross-country trek and seeing him in front of the White House giving Ronnie what-for for a nuclear policy that was a a very real threat to our species was quite an inspiration.
thanks for the site.

Kevin Deame
rosebud@igc.org

Date: Mon, 3 Nov 1997 20:21:55 -0600
From: Armando Maravilla Maldonado
Subject: Good Bye my friend, my dear Carl Sagan. Adios querido amigo

Adios amigo, que en donde te encuentres, estis bien, no se si eras de alguna religisn, tal vez, ahora ya sepas que si hay vida en otras partes de este nuestro Universo. Fuiste una inspiracisn maravillosa, ya que sin ser cientmfico me atraen la astronomma y los fensmenos tan dificiles de entender y de los cuales, hablabas y explicabas de una forma tan sencillamente magistral. Cuando supe de tu muerte, supe que se habma ido un amigo querido, ya quete segum desde que era pequeqo.
Adios amigo, algzn dma nos veremos???

Gracias por tus enseqanzas, que son algo que nunca se olvidaran....

Armando Maravilla Maldonado (el que escribe) Mireya Paquini Cruz (mi esposa)
Armando Maravilla Paquini (mi hijo, quien dentro de su cultura, llevara algunas enseqanzas tuyas.)

Adios amigo. Citibank Mixico, S.A.
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SkyTel: 01 800 723 45 | PIN: 532 41 02

Date: Wed, 5 Nov 1997 01:41:17 -0500
From: Connie Hull
Subject: Memorium to Carl Sagan

Carl Sagan tought me how to use the universe as a romper room. To have fun with what most see as a highly technical pursuit in a way that a 4 year old could understand. I'm 43 years old now ; but I still look at the stars as a child ; in awe and wonder. I wonder most about other worlds with other lifeforms. Carl was my mentor and I was shocked and deeply sadened to here that he had passed away. But I have experienced this before as all of us must do. His memory lives on powerfully within me.

Date: Fri, 07 Nov 1997 19:41:16 -0800
From: Alison
Subject: my hero carl

you are indelibly imprinted on my mind because of the way you presented, to ordinary people, the mysteries of the stars.

terry sheridan

Date: Wed, 05 Nov 1997 11:00:22 +0100
From: bsc
Subject: Carl Sagan Memorial Book

I believe, as you have believed, that maybe is a life outside the Earth. If it is such in reality, maybe we will meet still.

Agata Sagan from a dot of the Earth

Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 12:29:09 +0200
From: troy
Subject: Carl Sagan

Dear Carl, Family & Friends

My wife and I have only recently discovered your fantastic works of literature and have been able to source the series of Cosmos to our delight, only to discover that your precious life is no longer here. What we have found in your inspiring words, both inscribed and vocalised, have really invoked in us a wonder of all things scientific and philosophical. We have begun a frenzy of learning. We now have this need to know everything we can about life and it^Rs secrets. I am now obsessed with subjects previously unknown to me, like astronomy, religion and physics. I grew a Roman Catholic and my wife a Jew and, these man-made segregations nearly cost our love for each other. We then overcame such simple yet limiting beliefs and delved into believing in ourselves and our fellow man. We both can easily subscribe to your atheistic views and we do. Science is our only reliable key to self-discovery and discovery of the world (and universe) around us. We both thank you for all your inspiration and we will miss you, especially because we learned of your life^Rs work only after your life ended. But know one thing, you will never be forgotten, for during your life you glowed like a supernova my friend.

Kind regards
Troy and Rose Grey.

Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 00:06:49 -0500
From: Jorge Mendez
Subject: En memoria del Dr. Sagan

Gracias Dr. Sagan, gracias por mostrarme que las preguntas mas simples pueden tener las respuestas mas dificiles, por enseqarme a mirar el Cosmos con los ojos maravillados de un niqo curioso, por ese placer que siento cada noche despejada al mirar los cielos, por darle uno de los mas grandes incentivos a mi vida.

Jorge Mendez

Date: Thu, 27 Nov 1997 02:50:32 -0800
From: Robyn King
Subject: Carl Sagan

I just wanted to put into words the way that I felt about Mr. Sagan. He was a wonderful man and the most intelligent man I could come to identify with. He made me understand more of the world around me and did it in a way that was so easy for someone like me could understand. The way that he spoke to the general public was sensible and we all are just that much grateful that he would take the time out to help the little guy to understand this world that we live in. I have watched Cosmos and I have read a couple of his books. His light will be sorely missed. Has been missed for a long time now. God Bless his family and all that worked with him in his life long work. Robyn King

Date: Sat, 20 Dec 1997 06:54:06 -0700
From: Phil Breedlove
Subject: Remembrance

Carl Sagan opened a world of wonder for me. I love his books, many of which line my shelves, and the world and I will truly miss this "great soul".

Date: Mon, 22 Dec 1997 20:40:59 -0600
From: michael smith
To: webadmin@bluepoint.com.tr

I miss Carl Sagan! I show an episode of "Cosmos" each week to my seventh grade class and they are enthralled. They got a big kick out of "Blues for a Red Planet", and "Travelers in Space and Time" blew their minds. As goofy as they act the other 39 hours of the school week, I have their undivided attention in Friday's science class because they want and expect to learn something that they would not ordinarily have any exposure to. One of my biggest flakes (affectionate term) even did his oral book report on Keppler because he wanted to learn more.

Michael Smith
Most Precious Blood Catholic School-St. Louis, MO

Date: Tue, 23 Dec 1997 22:46:28 -0600
From: M & J Heady
Subject: Why,

Carl

In all that is now and all that is here, why do some we question our belonging?. I am filled with awe at our race, they seem so naive at the beauty of creation, to destroy without a single thought. I have little words to direct my thoughts, but I mind believes in all you have said.

God bless

Mark Heady > mjheady@flash.net

Date: Wed, 24 Dec 1997 15:03:30 EST
From: Fitzvizion
Subject: The Night I Met Carl Sagan

One night I had a dream in which I met Carl Sagan. Such dreams are rare for me.

It was the middle of the night, and we were walking along a rain-slick street in a large city. Carl was talking, and talking, mainly about himself and his work. I got the impression that as long as you got him talking about himself, you were his friend. Although I found him to be somewhat conceited, I still found the experience fascinating.

We came upon a 24-hour book store, and we went inside. Near the front of the store was a small display of paperback books which Carl had written. He pointed at the display and said, "See? That's just what I was talking about!"

We left the store and continued to walk, and Carl kept talking the whole time.

I never met Carl Sagan in real life, but somehow I feel that if I had, we would have been friends.

Gerald Fitzgerald
Dallas, TX

Date: Sun, 28 Dec 1997 00:42:16 +1100
From: Joseph Voros
Subject: Goodbye Carl

It's now just over a year since the passing of Carl Sagan. The sense of loss is still very great, the words still inadequate to express it.

I started out devoted to science, but was turned off it and told, during my early time at university, that I would never amount to anything in science. I left science all together, intending never to return. A couple of years later, I happened across "Cosmos." It was a pivotal point in my life. Quite simply, Carl Sagan inspired in me the wonder with which I had started out to study physics. He inspired me to return to university and continue to study. If not for Carl's inspiration, I doubt that I would have the PhD in physics which I now hold. Now, whenever I think about science in general, or physics in particular, I recall Carl's voice and image -- they are forever linked in my mind and in my heart.

Carl inspired us to dare to think big; to dare to imagine a better world. He cautioned us against our natural conceit, he was a voice of reason in a cacophony of unreason. He was a poet with the gift of science, and a scientist with the gift of poetry.

The Voyager interstellar record contains a recording of the brain waves of his wife, Ann Druyan, recalling what it was like to fall in love with him. There is a beautiful bitter-sweet poignancy to this. Carl was one of our planet's very best. He was a first-class example of what humans are capable of being; he was a shining example of science and compassion, reason and caring, logic and love. He was someone whose very existence enriched us all on planet Earth -- he was a human being of whom the whole human race could be proud. I can think of no better emissary to the Cosmos than a loving memory of Carl Sagan.

Goodbye Carl.

Dr. Joseph Voros
Melbourne, Australia.

Date: Sat, 27 Dec 1997 16:54:53 -0700
From: Doug & Sandie Fyfe
Subject: Carl Sagan

May his thoughts, inspiration, and intelligence live on forever and influence, in a profound way, the humanity he so loved.
Doug Fyfe
doug.fyfe@sait.ab.ca

Date: Sat, 27 Dec 1997 17:09:20 -0700
From: Doug & Sandie Fyfe
Subject: Carl Sagan

Loved the man even though I never met him. What a loss to humanity. His intelligence will hopefully permeate throughout the known and the unknown world. Carl Sagan's brilliance and inspiration should be permanently implanted in every school and place of learning. If we could only emulate in some small way his passion for life and his tolerance, understanding, and compassion for fellow beings, beliefs, and way of life - this world would be a far better place. In my estimation, he has surpassed the accomplishments of all the scholars, scientists, and learned historians whom he so graciously exalted. May he live on forever.
Doug Fyfe,
Calgary, AB
doug.fyfe@sait.ab.ca

Date: Sun, 28 Dec 1997 16:49:06 -0800
From: xl29ubxy
Subject: carl sagan/my comments

Carl Sagan...just saying his name, makes me realize what an inspiration he was to me as a child. He taught me to question the unknown, explore the things I found interesting ,and find love and answers right in my own backyard ( the sciences). I'm an artist, (starving), Nothing profound, impressive or archive bound but, I draw his cosmos, his heavens, the fantasy of the unknown. He opened that door for me; That creative point where others fear to venture. My heart fills with sadness becuase I will never see him, hear him again, but his words and visions will dance with me forever.I have forever benefited from this SUPER man! ........The universe weeps and yet finds comfort as she wraps her arms around him, as he slumbers in the heavens of his home. Good bye my friend.

Sincerely, Katy Lizabeth 12-27-97

Date: Mon, 29 Dec 1997 11:26:50 -0600
From: "Stephen T. Bobo & family"
Subject: Carl Sagan

Bye to the universe.

Date: Fri, 2 Jan 1998 23:02:31 -0000
From: "Martin O'Donoghue."

The Pathfinder now renamed the Carl Sagan Memorial Station rests on the red rusty surface of mars in centuries to come it will remind our descendants who will have settled there by then of a giant astronomer, scientist and visionary from a nearby world.

Gerard Madden

Newcastlewest.

Date: Sun, 04 Jan 1998 20:42:15 -0600
From: romanal@ix.netcom.com
Subject: Carl Sagan Memorial Book

I never had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Sagan in person, but invited him into my home each time I tuned in to his Cosmos series on PBS. My father first introduced me to the show, and then allowed Dr. Sagan to introduce me to the stars, planets, asteroids,black holes, etc. I had not considered myself to be a bright child, but found myself in awe of Dr. Sagan as he delivered information on the different aspects of the cosmos. I wish I could say that I went on to become an important astronomer or that I had made some incredible discovery regarding to space science, but I cannot. I can say that I have retained an interest in events that concern space travel, and have enjoyed printing pictures from the Hubble, and plan on teaching my daughter about constellations and such. Dr. Sagan is missed in our home. Our cat, Sagan, does her best to carry on the spirit and the name.

Sincerely,
Michelle Duckworth
Hendersonville, Tn

Date: 5 Jan 98 15:55:09 EST
From: gates-notes.aigtc.com!John_Douvlos@aigtc.com
Subject: Comments

I would just like the comment on how Carl Sagan changed the landscape of Astronomy forever. He was one of a few who inspired children including myself to look at the wonders of the cosmos.

john douvlos
aig trading group, inc.
1 greenwich plaza
greenwich, ct 06830

Date: Mon, 05 Jan 1998 14:36:22 -0800
From: franko1@home.com
Subject: Carl Sagan

I just miss so much his optimism. He made me feel closer to God. He was interesting without being pedantic.

I wish I had known him personally. I remember him from his many television appearances.

I am short of memorty on his PBS series.

He was a good man. It shows in his countenance. Frank Wheeler of San Diego Thanks.

Frank

Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 10:08:56 -0800
From: JIM HOLUB
Subject: Junk Science

I had always had a lot of respect for this man and the work that he did till he made the big jump to junk science, making that doom and gloom statement telling the world that, if we attack Sadam, he will light all the oil wells and that will start something that is equal to a Nuclear winter. The smoke will cover the earth, killing everything that grows and in return, us.

Well, what really happened? We ended up with some of the most beautiful sunsets that we have ever seen in many, many years.

When stupid scientists make statements like that, for what ever reason (notoriety, tv, whatever) they make fools of themselfs. Carl has done a lot of work over the years of his life and now we are not sure how much, if not all of it is flawed and incorrect.

Sorry that he died. Sorry that anyone has to die. But he could have died wiser if he hadn't made such a ludicrous statement.

Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 12:30:30 -0600
From: cool
Subject: sagan the human

CARL SAGAN WAS A HUMAN BEING WILLING TO SACRIFICE HIMSELF FOR THE BETTERMENT OF MANKIND. HE INCURRED THE WRATH OF MANY PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BY PLAINLY AND SIMPLY TELLING THE TRUTH. SUNDAY NEWSPAPER MAGAZINE ARTICLES THAT SPOKE OF AMERICANS "INVADING" VIETNAM, BOOKS AND TELEVISION SERIES WHICH DEPICTED RELIGIOUS LEADERS SPREADING DISINFORMATION IN ORDER TO KEEP THEIR POWERFUL POSITIONS. PEOPLE ENSCONCED IN THE MILITARY, RELIGION, NATIONALISM, OR RACISM - PEOPLE WHO IMPEDE THE PROGRESS OF MANKIND, PEOPLE WHO WISH TO LOWER THE COLLECTIVE MINDSET FOR THEIR OWN BENEFITS WERE SHOWN FOR WHAT THEY WERE BY CARL SAGAN. MR. SAGAN USED ASTRONOMY AS AN IDIOM FOR SHOWING HUMANKIND HOW INSIGNIFICANT WE CAN, AT TIMES, BE. THIS TOOK A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF BRAVERY THAT WE FEW SCIENTISTS EXHIBIT.

Date: Wed, 07 Jan 1998 08:07:14 -0600
From: Dick &/or Connie Gilmore
Subject: CARL SAGAN

Love you, Carl Sagan. Surely you might better guide our way from where you now are? Maybe we will meet where there is no word for time.

Connie Jo Gilmore

Date: Thu, 08 Jan 1998 06:01:39 -0500
From: William Kinmond
Subject: The passing of Carl Sagan

I am deeply sadden by the passing of Carl Sagan. I was not aware of it till just a few days ago. Carl is the reason that I look in the sky in auh everynight. He opened my eyes and let me not only dream but also know what was up there. I will miss him dearly and the world has lost a great mind and person. He will always live in his work and we will always have just that little piece with us.

Date: Thu, 08 Jan 1998 20:14:44 -0500
From: Karl Mueller
Subject: Beautiful Memories

I will never forget when I learned of the news of Carl Sagen's death; I was filled with such a profound sadness. I always thought that Carl Sagan had so eloquently stated many of the ideas that I have come to value so dearly over the years. I remember watching the "Cosmos" series and then reading other books of his, such as the beautifully written "The Dragons of Eden".

Just today I finished reading another treasure from Carl's legacy: "The Demon-Haunted World: Science As A Candle In The Dark". What a wonderful tribute to the beauty of science and that simple, yet what must have been at the time of the enlightenment counter-intuitive, idea that knowledge comes from positing a hypothesis and then trying our best to shoot it down; if the hypothesis is unable to be shot down, in spite of our best efforts to do so, then our level of confidence in the veracity of that hypothesis is proportionately high. However, if we are able to shoot that hypothesis down, then no matter how emotionally attached we are to that hypothesis, we are behooved to discard it and move on in our quest for knowledge. May the candle of science always burn bright!

Karl R. Mueller
UtseTahWahTiAnKa@Chesapeake.net

"Sieze the moment!"

Date: Thu, 08 Jan 1998 13:03:55 -0800
From: William Fettig
Subject: Carl Sagan

May his soul rest in peace with the Creator of the Universe,GOD.

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