





Greetings Fellow Cosmonauts! Please join us VIRTUALLY this Wednesday (9/30) as we continue our 13-week screening and discussion of Carl Sagan's Cosmos: A Personal Voyage. That's right; due to COVID-19 there WILL BE NO IN-PERSON MEETUP THIS WEEK. Instead, you can follow the link below to join a virtual meeting where we will being hosting our usual screening + discussion online: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82495533188 This is the series that started it all. Cosmos is the very first series that we ever watched together at CotC.... and now, three years and over 100 meetups later, it's back by popular demand! This week we will be watching episode (12/13). A description of Wednesday's episode is below: Episode #12: Encyclopaedia Galactica (1980, 60 min) "Questions are raised about the search for intelligent life beyond the Earth, with UFOs and other close encounters refuted in favor of communications through SETI and radio telescope such as the Arecibo Observatory. The probability of technically advanced civilizations existing elsewhere in the Milky Way is interpreted using the Drake equation and a future hypothetical Encyclopedia Galactica (similar to Rosetta Stone) is discussed as a repository of information about other worlds in the galaxy. The Cosmos Update notes that there have been fewer sightings of UFOs and more stories of abductions, while mentioning the META scanning the skies for signals." Don't worry if you don't know anything about this subject. No prior understanding of SETI, radio telescopes, The Drake Equation, or UFOs is required to appreciate this series and to participate in the discussion period. This is a safe-space for science and for humans who want to talk about science freely. And don't forget: CotC now has a Discord Server! So the good times can keep rolling even after the meetup ends!!! Follow this link to join:https://discord.gg/Jdg3MC5 Now for some administrative details.... I will open up the virtual meeting at 8PM. The viewing will start promptly at 8:25PM. Again, the link to the virtual meet-up room is below: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82495533188 There is a suggested donation of $2 which helps pay for our group membership to The Great Courses Plus. You can donate through the following methods: Venmo: @reece-daniel Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/reecedaniel You can also donate through meetup.com, but they take a 17% cut!! Looking forward to seeing everyone Wednesday! Regards, Reece Curator, Church of the Cosmos Organizer, SomEV Presents City Organizer, Meetup-Boston