So your probably whining to yourself consistently on how bad your life sucks, or how it is so awesome... whatever. Then you saw this awesome show that aired on the History channel not to long ago and your like shit, who cares about me... space is epic.
Alec Baldwin or Sean Pertwee (depending on your version) narrates for a show that spans the known universe in search of the beasts that haunt the nightmares of giants (I'm not that good at making creative statements).
From Earth to pulsars to quasars, this video sports up some of the most beautifuly cgi I've seen about space since sunshine.
I'm sure you can find the show it's it's entirety somewhere, but for now I'll sport up links to the show that I found on youtube. This version is narrated by Sean Pertwee, because the one with Alec doesn't have all the videos with HD compatibility.
EDIT: The videos linked have been taken down. Iamtt1 made a great post about in in general and it has both versions with working videos!
On April 06 2009 10:57 Sadist wrote: Space is awesome. My Goal is to be an aerospace engineer and do something involving astronomy. Need to move to the country and get a nice telescope!
Carl Sagan is godly though.
Neil Degrasse Tyson is carrying on for him.
Same.
It was actually Sagan that inspired me into astronomy, and astrophysics. My goal is actually to be a nuclear physicist though.
On April 06 2009 10:57 Sadist wrote: Space is awesome. My Goal is to be an aerospace engineer and do something involving astronomy. Need to move to the country and get a nice telescope!
Carl Sagan is godly though.
Neil Degrasse Tyson is carrying on for him.
I graduated with degrees in Aerospace Engineering both undergrad and for Master's, was luckily enough to even get a minor is Astrophysics. Took some great courses on SpaceTime and Astro physics, did a big paper on Gamma Ray Burst's, makes all the videos even more entertaining. I didn't find any work continuing in astrophysics or astronomy and now actually work at NASA Ames Research Center on the Orion Crew Exploration Vehicle (next space shuttle).
Ya aerospace can be a painful major but it's definitely rewarding. Astronomy can always be a great hobby for everyone though, and those videos are amazing
Thanks for linking the video. It was extremely entertaining. Made procrastinating very easy too XD
The way they introduced the Quasar was intense.
edit: regarding the disagreement about if this is depressing... humans are going to most likely die out without ever leaving Earth. Even if we did, our galaxy (or the universe) would die out anyway. Our only chance would be to create 'wormholes' and go to a parallel universe which is probably not much more than science fiction at the moment.
On April 06 2009 11:19 taohiker wrote: Kind of depressing.
It's depressing to me as well not only because of how little we know about the universe, but the fact that we as individual human beings are completely insignificant in the whole of the universe.
Though of course, at our technology (or the technology for the next 1k years) it isn't possible, but eventually we will get off.
If you can find a safe way to accelerate a human at much greater than 1 g for a long period of time, then you have a shot (given special relativity). I'm not optimistic though =(
On April 06 2009 11:19 taohiker wrote: Kind of depressing.
It's depressing to me as well not only because of how little we know about the universe, but the fact that we as individual human beings are completely insignificant in the whole of the universe.
So true. Our planet is only one of 8 in the solar system and there are hundreds of billions of stars in the Milky Way galaxy alone.
Then when you consider that there could be hundreds of billions of galaxies...suddenly your "problems" don't seem so important anymore.
On April 06 2009 11:19 taohiker wrote: Kind of depressing.
It's depressing to me as well not only because of how little we know about the universe, but the fact that we as individual human beings are completely insignificant in the whole of the universe.
So true. Our planet is only one of 8 in the solar system and there are hundreds of billions of stars in the Milky Way galaxy alone.
Then when you consider that there could be hundreds of billions of galaxies...suddenly your "problems" don't seem so important anymore.
we are significant because we have consciousness and can explore. Sure there are probably crazy alien civilazations out there but that doesnt mean we are insignificant. Read "Contact" by Carl Sagan.....not the movie........ its way > the movie. Ill go with Neil deGrasse Tyson on this one on feeling large and not insignificant in the universe.
"Particularly when you realize that the very atoms that are your body… were forged in the centers of stars in our galaxy, stars that then exploded at the ends of their lives, scattering these enriched ingredients to gas clouds that would later form stars and planets and people."
National Geographic documentaries rock; I've just watched the ones on the Aryan Brotherhood and North Korea yesterday; Really interesting stuff, I'm gonna watch this one now.
On April 06 2009 11:19 taohiker wrote: Kind of depressing.
It's depressing to me as well not only because of how little we know about the universe, but the fact that we as individual human beings are completely insignificant in the whole of the universe.
So true. Our planet is only one of 8 in the solar system and there are hundreds of billions of stars in the Milky Way galaxy alone.
Then when you consider that there could be hundreds of billions of galaxies...suddenly your "problems" don't seem so important anymore.
we are significant because we have consciousness and can explore. Sure there are probably crazy alien civilazations out there but that doesnt mean we are insignificant. Read "Contact" by Carl Sagan.....not the movie........ its way > the movie. Ill go with Neil deGrasse Tyson on this one on feeling large and not insignificant in the universe.
"Particularly when you realize that the very atoms that are your body… were forged in the centers of stars in our galaxy, stars that then exploded at the ends of their lives, scattering these enriched ingredients to gas clouds that would later form stars and planets and people."
From an astronomical point of view, humans aren't really worth much. We have been on the Earth, a tiny, insignificant rock in a solar system on the outskirts of one out of billions of galaxies. We have been on the Earth for a few million years at most. There are still plenty of mysteries in the universe that exist that we haven't discovered and maybe are impossible to fathom at all using our limited brains. Sure we can think, but who's to say we are unique?
this is the best space documentary that i have ever seen, and i've watched quite a lot~~thanks for posting it - i really recommend downloading it in normal version, you just gotta see these animations in normal quality
On April 07 2009 05:35 Sadist wrote: we are unique in our own small corner of the universe. No other animal known to man has been able to discover what we have. Thats pretty unique to me.
Perhaps the animals that have are smart enough not to want to be known to us They wouldn't exactly be blessed with any human rights.
If you can find a safe way to accelerate a human at much greater than 1 g for a long period of time, then you have a shot (given special relativity). I'm not optimistic though =(
Don't destroy my hopes you fag! We'll find a way ;p
On April 06 2009 11:19 taohiker wrote: Kind of depressing.
It's depressing to me as well not only because of how little we know about the universe, but the fact that we as individual human beings are completely insignificant in the whole of the universe.
So true. Our planet is only one of 8 in the solar system and there are hundreds of billions of stars in the Milky Way galaxy alone.
Then when you consider that there could be hundreds of billions of galaxies...suddenly your "problems" don't seem so important anymore.
we are significant because we have consciousness and can explore. Sure there are probably crazy alien civilazations out there but that doesnt mean we are insignificant. Read "Contact" by Carl Sagan.....not the movie........ its way > the movie. Ill go with Neil deGrasse Tyson on this one on feeling large and not insignificant in the universe.
"Particularly when you realize that the very atoms that are your body… were forged in the centers of stars in our galaxy, stars that then exploded at the ends of their lives, scattering these enriched ingredients to gas clouds that would later form stars and planets and people."
From an astronomical point of view, humans aren't really worth much. We have been on the Earth, a tiny, insignificant rock in a solar system on the outskirts of one out of billions of galaxies. We have been on the Earth for a few million years at most. There are still plenty of mysteries in the universe that exist that we haven't discovered and maybe are impossible to fathom at all using our limited brains. Sure we can think, but who's to say we are unique?
It doesn't really matter how long we have been on the earth, but rather what we discover, and discovering what we have in such a short amount of time makes us pretty significant. Yeah, there are mysteries, but without mysteries, where is the excitement?
On April 07 2009 05:35 Sadist wrote: we are unique in our own small corner of the universe. No other animal known to man has been able to discover what we have. Thats pretty unique to me.
But more likely than not, there are many worlds in this universe just like ours that think the same exact thing.
It's like this. Imagine a room filled with blind men who have never encountered another human being in their entire lifetimes. Each of these individuals would believe he is the only person in the room (let alone the world) yet there are many others just like him all around. It's a scary thought.
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They wouldn't exactly be blessed with any human rights.
