catman wrote:
> I mentioned before that you could probably see the same stars that i can at night.
I wish, I wish. One of the things I miss about city living is not being able to see
the stars
and feel that sense of awe, smallness and comfort all at the same time. The fancy new
planetarium here is impressive but just not the same as being outside. The moon,
though, is
sometimes huge here and seems very close and that's always a beautiful sight.
> I have been out looking at them tonight. It is -3 but a beautifully clear sky.
So glad to hear the rain there has let up for a while.
> Can you imagaine how large the universe is? That our galaxy is just one tiny one of
>loads
> and loads and loads? That all those stars are really suns? And that they are just a
>tiny
> fraction of what is out there?
Another thing about stars that intrigues me is that what we see now doesn't actually
exist
anymore. Things are so far away that the stars we see have moved and some have even
died, and
we're just now seeing their light.
Your questions make me think of the movie Contact, which I loved, especially the trip
the
Jodie Foster character took... great visuals. And I also liked the movie's simple and
practical message that "if there's no one else out there, what a big waste of space."
How
true.
> Now if you were confronted by an alien space ship and were given the choice of
>staying or
> going which would you do? I'd like to think i would go but I'd probably stay and kick
> myself forever for not going....
I don't know if I'd go in a spaceship either; thinking about living in Paris feels bold
enough. But a trip like the one in Contact, wow, that would be great zipping through
all
those worm holes (if it wasn't as abrupt and scary as it was in the movie of course...
weenie
human talking now :-).
Debra Shea
Now on TV: David Letterman show with Snoop Doggy Dog doing a song from his latest cd.
It got
my attention. I like the sound of this. Hmm, that's a surprise.
