Monthly Archives: January 2009

The Uncooperative Scientist (or, Carl Sagan, we miss you)

There is only one community that I keep running into issues with in my efforts to bring “Outside In” to the screen. Ironically, it’s the community that stands to benefit most directly from “Outside In” being a success. It’s academic/scientific … Continue reading

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Earth-sized planet discovered around star

The Holy Grail of searching extrasolar planets – planets orbiting stars other than our sun – it to be able to find one roughly the size and mass of planet earth. News today indicates that it might well have happened. … Continue reading

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Pictures of Saturn Go to Church

“Building bridges is the most radical thing you could do right now”. This is what a filmmaker I know told me with great insight a couple of years back after I was relating my difficulty in raising money from organizations. … Continue reading

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Methane on Mars

One of the things I hope comes out of focusing attention on the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn with “Outside In” is that exploration is more than just “wham, bam, thank you ma’am.” This recent story on discovery of methane on … Continue reading

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Zeitgeist 2008

I hope all had a good holidays and/or new year’s break. 2008 was a great year for “Outside In” – seed money raised, presented film at GSCA conference and more. 2009 is the year I aim to get full-time production … Continue reading

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