Robert Lysik

Software developer

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Carl Edward Sagan was born on this day in 1934. His 13 part television series Cosmos aired in the autumn of 1980 when I was still in middle school. Like many other people, I was deeply affected by this program and by the sense of wonder that Carl Sagan projected.

Carl Sagan - source Wikipedia.org

The Planetary Society will be hosting a Sagan Celebration at 7:00 PM Pacific time today.

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