How often do you just take time and wonder - What IS out there in the black ?

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UPDATED: Friday, May 8, 2009 20:30
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AURAPTOR

Friday, May 8, 2009 1:35 AM

When I think of the stuff we cling to as being so damn important in every day life, every once in a while, I think of my fav movie opening of all time.

CYBERSNARK

Friday, May 8, 2009 2:22 AM

Quite often, but then I'm a sci-fi writer, much of my career is based around what (and who) might be out there (and what they might be doing, and what our place is in all of that).

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HAKEN

Friday, May 8, 2009 2:49 AM

I like this one:

AURAPTOR

Friday, May 8, 2009 2:51 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Haken:
I like this one:

I miss Carl.

KWICKO

Friday, May 8, 2009 3:08 AM

How often? Every day. Of course, this usually leads to ruminations on the nature of not only what's out there, but what "there" really is. And what's beyond "there". And the structure of space, the nature of time, the possibility of stepping between dimensions and thusly between times and spaces, and so on.

What can I say? I get bored sometimes, and watching the universe work and move - even if only in my imagination, and not in real time - is wonderfully calming.

Mike

Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for a day...
Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

TDBROWN

Friday, May 8, 2009 3:23 AM

Sometimes, I think the absolute best proof that there is Intelligent Life elsewhere is that they have had the enormus common sense to stay far, far away from US!

"Might have been the losing side, still not convinced it was the wrong one." -Mal

FREMDFIRMA

Friday, May 8, 2009 3:54 AM

Too bloody true.

In answer to the thread title, you know what's out there ?

A whole lotta nothin and more nothin, empty stuff between the places - that's why they call it...

SPACE!

*rimshot*

-F

AURAPTOR

Friday, May 8, 2009 11:58 AM

If ever I start buying into 'Intelligent Design', the fact that there's so much distance between us and what ever else is out there might be the tipping point.

AGENTROUKA

Friday, May 8, 2009 12:33 PM

Thank you for sharing. :) I forgot how much I adore this movie, and the opening is truly lovely. Humbling and inspiring.

But at the same time.. if we are so remote, so alone, so tiny with so much space around us... how relevant IS what is around us, actually. How much do we really need to think about it, when the realities of our lives are right here, right now.

People used to find the same humility in the remote desert on this very planet, or on the sea, when they wanted quiet from the reality of human society. In the distant future of Firefly, people need to fly off to the edge of the new solar system to find it on the edge of the "Black". It's all about where we are, not what is out there.

In the end, gazing to the distance offers us a moment of perspective and a moment of respite, but to be wondering about it too much does us little good, when we need to be here in body and mind to solve our problems.

JONGSSTRAW

Friday, May 8, 2009 12:44 PM

I love the movie and I loved the opening scene. I'm an amateur astronomer and have been observing the universe for about 25 years. I have a Meade 10" Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope that I keep on my terrace. I have a wide-open easterly view, so I get to observe objects as they rise up from the horizon to almost overhead. Also get into astro-photography a bit too. I have a nice collection of photos of planets, moon, clusters, and nebulae. They pale in comparison to Hubble or Observatory photos you see in books, but I get a big kick out my pictures. If I keep looking thru the scope long enough I may one day see Jubal Early floating our way.

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