Re: Who is Ann Druyan? (Info to prepare for our chat)
BooperSo Hydrogen times Pi, eh? LOL Interesting thread over on the IMDb boards.
Contact kicks butt. I'm so happy to see someone else appreciate it as much as myself!
Speaking of seeing the billions of stars and galaxies here is something to consider. For every pinpoint of light you see there are probably a handful of planets in orbit around it. Planets are worlds, so there are more worlds than stars.
I just read this in an interview with Ann Druyan:
Kathleen Connell: So, Ann, we have a consensus in the scientific community that exoplanets are real. We're talking about hundreds of billions?
Ann Druyan: We're talking about more planets than stars. We're talking about a galaxy and a universe of planets that far outnumber the stars.
That was the great revelation to me of working with Steve on writing the show: to look up at the Milky Way and not only see a galaxy of four hundred billion stars, but to realize that hidden from our view is a galaxy of worlds that outnumber the stars.We are just a few years away from launching an ultraviolet all-sky survey which could look directly at thousands of stars at once to find not these giant gas planets, but small, Earth-like planets. There's no doubt in my mind that we will.
Incredible thought, huh? I added the red text. She didn't say it in red.
Damn that gives me chills. I wish I could see more stars from where I live, but we have too much light pollution. Booper, you might want to invite some of those
Contact fans to visit BookTalk. They'd probably love to participate in the discussion and upcoming chat with Ann.
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Sometimes I drive up to the mountains to look at stars... it's amazing actually seeing the Milky Way band across the sky, while in some places it's hard to even see 1 star!
