At Carl Sagan's gravesite, inspiration endures
November 06, 2024
November 06, 2024
ITHACA, New York, Nov. 6 -- Cornell University issued the following news:
It's unassuming, just a black stone slab flush against the withered late fall grass:
CARL EDWARD SAGAN, November 9, 1934 December 20, 1996.
But, like all the celestial bodies in the wide sky above, the square has its own gravitational pull. People come from all over the blue marble of planet Earth, pilgrims to the graveside of America's most famous astronomer.
They leave . . .
It's unassuming, just a black stone slab flush against the withered late fall grass:
CARL EDWARD SAGAN, November 9, 1934 December 20, 1996.
But, like all the celestial bodies in the wide sky above, the square has its own gravitational pull. People come from all over the blue marble of planet Earth, pilgrims to the graveside of America's most famous astronomer.
They leave . . .