Awesome Symphony of Science Video! The Case for Mars!
Published June 13, 2010 | 
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The Symphony of Science Video Series is a GREAT collection of Videos (Check Them Out) that includes We Are All Connected, Our Place in the Cosmos, The Unbroken Thread, The Poetry of Reality, and A Glorious Dawn.
“The Case for Mars” is the sixth installment in the Symphony of Science music video series. It features Robert Zubrin, Carl Sagan, Brian Cox, and Penelope Boston. Samples come from the documentary “The Mars Underground”, Cosmos, and Wonders of the Solar System. The video is intended to pique curiosity about the planet Mars and to promote human exploration of it.
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Lyrics:
[Robert Zubrin]
Mars is the next logical step
In our space program
It’s the challenge that’s been staring us in the face
For the past 30 years
It has water, it has carbon,
It has a 24 hour day
It has geothermal energy
Mars is a place we can settle
[Carl Sagan]
There is a giant rift in its surface
5,000 kilometers long
There is a volcano as wide as Arizona
[Zubrin]
So there’s the choice in life
One either grows or one decays
Grow or die
I think we should grow
[Sagan]
Mars is a world of wonders
[Brian Cox]
It has canyons, river valleys,
and giant ice sheets
[Sagan]
Mars is a world of wonders
[Zubrin]
It shouldn’t be humans to Mars in 50 years
It should be humans to Mars in 10
We either muster the courage to go
Or we risk the possibility of stagnation and decay
We’ve got cosmic radiation
Zero gravity
Martian dust storms
Back contamination
But these are dragons that we can take on
[Sagan]
In our time we have sifted
The sands of Mars
Established a presence there
And fulfilled a century of dreams
[Cox]
The Mars rovers have really
Captured our imaginations
They genuinely are explorers
In the old-fashioned sense
[Zubrin]
If you put out a call
For volunteers for the first crew to Mars
They’d be lined up coast to coast
(refrain)
[Cox]
Mars is a dry frozen version of our home
Covered in red dust and sand
[Penelope Boston]
At one time
In the ancient past
Mars was very similar
To the conditions of early earth
[Zubrin]
There will always be people with new ideas
On how humans should live together
[Cox]
We now have “eyes” and “ears” on the surface
[Zubrin]
What’s left after you go is
The good you’ve left behind
You have to believe in hope
You have to believe in the future
There are more and more people coming around to the point of view that
A positive future for humanity requires human expansion to space
(refrain)
We’re at a crossroads today
We either muster the courage to go
Or we risk the possibility of stagnation and decay
Great Symphony of Science Video! The Poetry of Reality!
Published March 1, 2010 | Team Altman Awesome Symphony of Science Video!
The Poetry of Reality is the fifth installment in the Symphony of Science music video series. It features 12 scientists and science enthusiasts, including Michael Shermer, Jacob Bronowski, Carl Sagan, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Richard Dawkins, Jill Tarter, Lawrence Krauss, Richard Feynman, Brian Greene, Stephen Hawking, Carolyn Porco, and PZ Myers, promoting science through words of wisdom.
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Lyrics:
[Michael Shermer]
Science is the best tool ever devised
For understanding how the world works
[Jacob Bronowski]
Science is a very human form of knowledge
We are always at the brink of the known
[Carl Sagan]
Science is a collaborative enterprise
Spanning the generations
We remember those who prepared the way
Seeing for them also
[Neil deGrasse Tyson]
If you’re scientifically literate,
The world looks very different to you
And that understanding empowers you
Refrain:
[Richard Dawkins]
There’s real poetry in the real world
Science is the poetry of reality
[Sagan]
We can do science
And with it, we can improve our lives
[Jill Tarter]
The story of humans is the story of ideas
That shine light into dark corners
[Lawrence Krauss]
Scientists love mysteries
They love not knowing
[Richard Feynman]
I don’t feel frightened by not knowing things
I think it’s much more interesting
[Brian Greene]
There’s a larger universal reality
of which we are all apart
[Stephen Hawking]
The further we probe into the universe
The more remarkable are the discoveries we make
[Carolyn Porco]
The quest for the truth, in and of itself,
Is a story that’s filled with insights
(Refrain)
[Greene]
From our lonely point in the cosmos
We have through the power of thought
Been able to peer back to a brief moment
After the beginning of the universe
[PZ Myers]
I think that science changes the way your mind works
To think a little more deeply about things
[Dawkins]
Science replaces private predjudice
With publicly verifiable evidence
Symphony of Science – ‘Our Place in the Cosmos’!
Published November 26, 2009 | 
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“Our Place in the Cosmos”, the third video from the Symphony of Science, was crafted using samples from Carl Sagan’s Cosmos, Richard Dawkins’ Genius of Charles Darwin series, Dawkins’ TED Talk, Stephen Hawking’s Universe series, Michio Kaku’s interview on Physics and aliens, plus added visuals from Baraka, Koyaanisqatsi, History Channel’s Universe series, and IMAX Cosmic Voyage. The themes present in this song are intended to explore our understanding of our origins within the universe, and to challenge the commonplace notion that humans have a superior or privleged position, both on our home planet and in the universe itself. RIP Dr. Sagan and Dr. Jastrow!
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