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mrholland2
post Mar 30 2014, 11:12 PM
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Yup, there it was in the last few minutes. Snowy New York scene, looked to be yellow pre-1975 with vanity plates PHOBOS. Perhaps was to have been Carl Sagan's ride?

Just interesting.
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post Mar 30 2014, 11:14 PM
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It was his car.
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post Mar 30 2014, 11:21 PM
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It was his car.


Yeah? Cool. So, who has it preserved etc? Just curious.
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post Mar 30 2014, 11:29 PM
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post Mar 30 2014, 11:33 PM
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phobos


Yup, I Found that pic. This scene was filmed "today" so my question was . . since Andy says that's Carl's car, who is the caretaker? Just curious.

I also found a nifty piece in Hemmings pitting a 914-6 against a same era Dino. . . kinda fun.
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post Mar 30 2014, 11:38 PM
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and a squareback! Pretty cool.
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post Mar 30 2014, 11:39 PM
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I am such a huge fan of Carl- Sagan!!

Glad that he was a teener!!!

If I could only understand all that stuff about dark matter..... I thought it was elbow grease... oh well!!

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post Mar 30 2014, 11:40 PM
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I am such a huge fan of Carl- Sagan!!

Glad that he was a teener!!!

If I could only understand all that stuff about dark matter..... I thought it was elbow grease... oh well!!

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Well, watch the new version of COSMOS. . pretty nifty
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post Mar 31 2014, 12:00 AM
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QUOTE(R8CERX @ Mar 30 2014, 10:39 PM) *

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I am such a huge fan of Carl- Sagan!!

Glad that he was a teener!!!

If I could only understand all that stuff about dark matter..... I thought it was elbow grease... oh well!!

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)


Well, watch the new version of COSMOS. . pretty nifty



I say that his car would be a nice car to own just for him owning it--who has it now?

do you guys think that it his car would fetch good dough just for the relationship?

if so, would it not the square back next to it as well?

Not sure if everyone cares about him like the Nerd crowd like me.... curious what the peanut gallery will say?

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post Mar 31 2014, 06:46 AM
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I never knew that, thanks for posting. I was interested in the his custom plate:
PHOBOS is addition to being a moon of Mars is depicted as,according to Wikipedia:

"Depictions:

Hesiod depicts Phobos on the shield of Heracles as "…staring backwards with eyes that glowed with fire. His mouth was full of teeth in a white row, fearful and daunting…" (Atsma) and again later during a war scene as being "…eager to plunge amidst the fighting men," (Atsma).

Interesting!
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post Mar 31 2014, 09:21 AM
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Any journalists in our ranks?

In interest of a story the DMV might give up the vin number matching the custom plates.

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post Mar 31 2014, 10:03 AM
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I bet it's worth billions and billions of dollars.

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QUOTE(mrholland2 @ Mar 30 2014, 10:40 PM) *

QUOTE(R8CERX @ Mar 30 2014, 10:39 PM) *

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I am such a huge fan of Carl- Sagan!!

Glad that he was a teener!!!

If I could only understand all that stuff about dark matter..... I thought it was elbow grease... oh well!!

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)


Well, watch the new version of COSMOS. . pretty nifty



I say that his car would be a nice car to own just for him owning it--who has it now?

do you guys think that it his car would fetch good dough just for the relationship?

if so, would it not the square back next to it as well?

Not sure if everyone cares about him like the Nerd crowd like me.... curious what the peanut gallery will say?

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post Mar 31 2014, 11:34 AM
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Is there a way to watch Cosmos online?
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post Mar 31 2014, 11:40 AM
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Is there a way to watch Cosmos online?


Try here. http://www.hulu.com/cosmos-a-spacetime-odyssey
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post Mar 31 2014, 12:02 PM
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Nice!
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I bet it's worth billions and billions of dollars.

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QUOTE(R8CERX @ Mar 30 2014, 10:39 PM) *

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I am such a huge fan of Carl- Sagan!!

Glad that he was a teener!!!

If I could only understand all that stuff about dark matter..... I thought it was elbow grease... oh well!!

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)


Well, watch the new version of COSMOS. . pretty nifty



I say that his car would be a nice car to own just for him owning it--who has it now?

do you guys think that it his car would fetch good dough just for the relationship?

if so, would it not the square back next to it as well?

Not sure if everyone cares about him like the Nerd crowd like me.... curious what the peanut gallery will say?

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post Mar 31 2014, 06:35 PM
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His son talks about it in his blog.
http://nicksagan.blogs.com/nick_sagan_onli...006/12/dad.html
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post Mar 31 2014, 07:26 PM
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It's actually this car:

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We had to remove the old warp drive and all of the anti-gravity pods on each corner (hidden in the late model bumper update). It was spewing radioactive waste all over the shop (had Lil Erc tackle that one) Phobos huh? More like Chernobyl...

Anywhoo... we'll be bringing it back to it's former glory (via transporter, it' so much easier to simply have Sherman set the wayback machine than to have Scotty "B"ondo the crap out of it)
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post Apr 1 2014, 05:04 AM
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Maybe you can ask his son ...

http://nicksagan.blogs.com/nick_sagan_onli...006/12/dad.html

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post Apr 1 2014, 03:55 PM
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Too bad Carl is no longer with us.

Based on recent Passed Legislation in Colorado, he would have moved here in a second! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smoke.gif)
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post Apr 1 2014, 04:31 PM
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I didnt even catch the 914 but i did see the "PHOBOS" plate flash on the screen and was all nerd excited because i knew what it was from.


Wonder if this had anything to do with the plate Carl put on the car:

"Phobos was discovered by astronomer Asaph Hall on 18 August 1877, at the United States Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., at about 09:14 Greenwich Mean Time"
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