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Carl Sagan is one of the founders of TPS. He died on Dec.20, 1996 after 62 revolutions around our star. Carl and Ann's main works include
"We make our world significant by the courage of our
questions
and
by the depth of our answers."
[Carl in Cosmos 1980]
"May your husband be an inspiration to all for the search for truth."
[Horst to Ann 1/1/97]
Horst's Tribute to Carl Sagan - updated 14 Feb 1998.
24 Dec 06 Planetary Society: Where Would We Be With Carl? by Ann Druyan
Contact details: Carl Sagan Productions (West) Inc.
7165 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, California 90046-4417 USA
Contact: Kent Gibson or Ann Druyan
www.carl-sagan.com
Quote:"The COSMOS series has recently been fully acquired by
Carl
Sagan Productions but it cannot be sold until the music
rights
have been re-cleared. We are planning to re-issue it on DVD and VHS
after the legal work is complete." (20 Oct 1999)
12 Nov 2000 Project
Voyager: OneCosmos
represents
the realization of a shared lifelong hope to organize and lead a team
that will deliver the vision of Cosmos through every available screen:
spectacular living Internet, engaging television and cinematic works of
art.
The founders of the Planetary Society: Bruce Murray, Carl
Sagan
and Louis
Friedman in front of the TPS home in Pasadena, California.
The Australian Volunteer Coordinators are members of The Planetary Society (an international non-profit organisation based in the USA). They help with planetary-science related events in Australia. There are several such groups around the world (see web links).
SETI from Australia, Canberra, October 9, 1993.
Dr Roberta Vaile, late CSIRO Honorary Fellow, University of Western
Sydney.
Dr Jeff Kingwell, CSIRO Office of Space Science &
Applications, Canberra.
Mr Ted Ankrum, NASA Senior Representative in Australia, Canberra.
Dr Guillermo Lemarchand, The Planetary Society, University of Buenos
Aires, S.A.
Mr Wilson da Silva, Reuters and 21C Magazine, Melbourne.
SETI SEMINAR, Australian Science Festival, Canberra, May
1994.
Professor Marcus Price, Director, Parkes Radiotelescope, ATNF CSIRO.
PLANETARY SOCIETY SEMINARS, Australian Science Festival,
Canberra,
May 1995.
Dr Jill Tarter, Chief Scientist, Project Phoenix, SETI Institute,
California.
Ms Erica Sloan, NSSS - ANU, Russian Soyuz Society, Canberra.
Dr Malcolm Walter, Macquarie University, NASA-Mars Pathfinder, Sydney.
PLANETARY SOCIETY SEMINAR, Australian Science Festival,
Canberra,
May 1996.
Dr Raghbir Bhathal, Chair, SETI Australia Centre, University of Western
Sydney.
PLANETARY SOCIETY SEMINAR, Australian Science Festival,
Canberra,
May 1997.
Dr Malcolm Walter, Macquarie University, NASA-Mars Pathfinder, Sydney.
PLANETARY SOCIETY SEMINAR, Australian Science Festival,
Canberra,
May 5, 1998.
Dr Miriam Baltuck, NASA Senior Representative in Australia, Canberra.
"Collision Course" seminar, Australian Science Festival, Canberra, May 5, 1999. Dr Ken Russell, Anglo-Australian Observatory, asteroid hazards.
"Australian Astronomy in the New Millennium", Australian
Science
Festival, Canberra, May 3, 2000
Prof Ray Norris, Head, Astrophysics and Computing Group,
CSIRO
Australia Telescope National Facility.
email: planetary.society(at)tpg.com.au
Regional Co-ordinators
ACT & INT - Mr Matthew L. James, Canberra (see below for postal address).
QLD Dave Burton - email
NSW & WWW - Mr Michael Paine, Sydney. email
VIC & TAS - Dr Kevin Walsh, Melbourne
of
University School of Earth Sciences & Richard Tonkin
- email
Website founder Horst Sommer - email
Offers of help from TPS members are welcome.
TPSAVC Postal Address: Mr Matthew L.
James, Australian
Coordinator,
The Planetary Society, G.P.O.Box 2086, Canberra 2601.
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Background: Image of Jupiter by NASA - from the Voyager Mission.