As a PhD student in physics who is hoping to become an astrophysicist it’s never been hard for me to get excited about space. The real trick has always been getting other people as excited about it as I am. This is hard to do when the large potion of the public relations teams in charge of drumming up popular interest fail so utterly at conveying the vast wonder of the cosmos.

But that is not to say science isn’t without a voice. I have known many talented spokesmen for science in my short life, and arguably the best of the last few decades was Carl Sagan. Few have had the poetic flair to so aptly marry the potential of humanity to the grandeur of exploring and understanding the universe in which we live in a manner that is not only comprehensible, but inspiring. His words offer a glimpse at what is best about humanity, by - among other things - showing that we can outgrow what is worst.

And so it’s only appropriate that this NASA enthusiast took it upon himself to show NASA how it’s done. He took as his inspiration this video by Michael Marantz, and put together a promo reel that commends and compels the capacity for exploration that - so far as we know - is uniquely human.

[From Damewse via Reddit via The High Definite via The Huffington Post via Geekologie. Damn, keeping track of where these things comes from is hard.]

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