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Dec 14, 1980 Season 1 Episode 12 60 min

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Cosmos: A Personal Voyage Season 1

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Season 1 Episode 12 — Aired on Dec 14, 1980 • runs about 60 minutes.

Directed by Adrian Malone.

Written by Carl Sagan, Ann Druyan.

Notable cast/guest names in this episode include Carl Sagan.

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Synopsis

Are there alien intelligences? How could we communicate with them? What about UFOs? The answers to these questions take us to Egypt to decode ancient hieroglyphics, to the largest radio telescope on Earth and, in the Spaceship of the Imagination, to visit other civilizations in space.

Dr. Sagan answers questions such as: "What is the life span of a planetary civilization?" and "Will we one day hook up with a network of civilizations in the Milky Way galaxy?"