JOHNNY TOMORROW

Blog post by photographer Stephanie Chan....

Thu, 09 May 2013 15:03:00 -0400

Blog post by photographer Stephanie Chan. http://mosesmosesmoses.blogspot.ca/

Brand new Johnny Tomorrow story of cosmos will be presented at...

Wed, 08 May 2013 13:51:00 -0400

Brand new Johnny Tomorrow story of cosmos will be presented at the BC Buds Festival at the Firehall Theatre.

Sat May. 11 3:30pm and 1015pm

Sun May. 12 3:30pm

New button merch will be available. If you don’t live in Vancouver and would like one, contact me and I’ll send one to you.

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Mon, 06 May 2013 00:20:57 -0400

Test photo taken by Stephanie Chan

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 22:17:11 -0400

Test photo taken by Stephanie Chan

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Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:15:12 -0400

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Fri, 01 Mar 2013 18:38:13 -0500

threadless: Space by Caroline David We’ve just released so much...

Fri, 01 Mar 2013 18:31:34 -0500

threadless:

Space by Caroline David

We’ve just released so much wall art that you may run out of… space!

Self Portrait Feb.2013

Thu, 28 Feb 2013 21:02:11 -0500

Self Portrait Feb.2013

spaceplasma: Richard Feynman - Ode To A Flower From the BBC...

Sun, 20 Jan 2013 13:34:23 -0500

spaceplasma:

Richard Feynman - Ode To A Flower

From the BBC Interview for Horizon ‘The Pleasure of Finding Things Out’.
Animated by Fraser Davidson

I don’t know how I feel about this.

Sun, 20 Jan 2013 13:30:00 -0500

I don’t know how I feel about this.

thedoppelganger: 1979 by Voyager 1 as it approached Jupiter

Thu, 03 Jan 2013 05:42:51 -0500

thedoppelganger:

1979 by Voyager 1 as it approached Jupiter

electricspacekoolaid: Carl Sagan Nov. 1934 - December 20,...

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 20:05:33 -0500

electricspacekoolaid:

Carl Sagan Nov. 1934 - December 20, 1996

Today, December 20, is when Carl Sagan died. He battled bravely and strongly against bone marrow disease for two years, he was 62 years old. A gifted mind and astronomer who brought science to the public with amazing writing and the 13 part TV show Cosmos. Carl wanted us to see ourselves as Starstuff, made from atoms forged from distant stars in the Universe. He tore down the walls hiding us from the truths of science. He wrote in Cosmos “Every one of us is, in the cosmic perspective, is precious. If a human disagrees with you, let him live. In a hundred billion galaxies you will not find another.”

the-naut: I don’t know where I’m going, but I’m on my way.

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 15:55:29 -0400

the-naut:

I don’t know where I’m going, but I’m on my way.

Looks like the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre or maybe where they...

Thu, 11 Oct 2012 13:39:00 -0400

Looks like the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre or maybe where they filmed Solaris.

http://blog.iso50.com/29785/forget-your-past/

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Sat, 29 Sep 2012 04:24:49 -0400

I am a collection of molecules called Johnny Tomorrow, and I am...

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 14:19:40 -0400

I am a collection of molecules called Johnny Tomorrow, and I am a traveler of space and time.

This is the 4th and final installment of this blog to celebrate the introduction of movies into the planetarium. Previously I’ve talked about the Star Wars Generation. I define it as those that would have been kids and seen any of the three Star Wars films in theatres. For them the biggest most exciting moments of their childhood in large part probably came from some sort of entertainment, and back then there was nothing bigger than Star Wars. Sure perhaps the specific movie for that individual may differ, but Star Wars whether you liked it or not was a huge part of this generation upbringing. Seeing Return of the Jedi in the theatre started my love for cinema that was furthered by the age of VHS. My parents worked together at a store and would often bring me with them in the summer instead of getting a babysitter. Their store was right next to a video rental place and they had arranged with them that I could rent movies for free if I returned them immediately afterwards. I devoured those VHS tapes, especially anything that was in the Sci-Fi or Action categories. Unfortunately relative to some other genres there isn’t a large catalog of high quality Sci-Fi or even action films. Usually we are relegated to liking a film for its kitsch factor, but usually there aren’t even many of those films that have high re-watch-ability. For me Star Wars was a step above every other Sci-Fi film from the 80’s, so it was hard to compare. Since Sci-Fi films also tended to be on the kitschy side, they were ripe to be made fun of, so in 1986, master comic Mel Brooks released Spaceballs, his Star Wars parody. With characters such as Lone Star, Barf, Dark Helmet, Yogurt, and Pizza the Hutt, it’s a screwball parody that has tickled my funny bone almost as many times as I have been mesmerized by the actual Star Wars films, and in fact it is probably a more important movie to the Star Wars universe that any of the other films that came after it.

On Friday August 24, the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre will be presenting Spaceballs in the Planetarium Star Theatre at 8pm. We will be combing the galaxy with our Rat Tail Combs in search of who really does have the biggest schwartz.

The Right Stuff at the Vancouver Planetarium
The F-104 and The Right Stuff at the Vancouver Planetarium
Spock meets Harold
2001:A Space Odyssey at the Planetarium
Dilithium crystals at the Planetarium
2001:A Space Odyssey -An Appreciation of Sorts

Photo by Alex Waterhouse-Hayward
Technical info on photograph: I used a Mamiya RB-67 Pro SD and a 90mm lens. My film was Fuji b+w instant film 3000 ISO. I scanned the negative. Because I slightly over-exposed the negative, it manifested the Sabatier Effect (it was solarized) when I reversed it in Photoshop. I then increased the contrast and used Corel Paint Shop Pro X2 Time Machine on the cyanotype setting. I thank the Vancouver Planetarium, Michael Unger and specially Harold for access into the inner sanctum.

NASA/Goddard | Dynamic Earth: Exploring Earth’s Climate...

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 14:55:32 -0400

NASA/Goddard | Dynamic Earth: Exploring Earth’s Climate Engine (HD)

peteuplink: Voyager: 35 Years Later (by JPLnews) Thirty-five...

Tue, 21 Aug 2012 14:51:22 -0400

peteuplink:

Voyager: 35 Years Later (by JPLnews)

Thirty-five years ago today, Aug. 20, 2012, NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft, the first Voyager spacecraft to launch, departed on a journey that would make it the only spacecraft to have visited Uranus and Neptune and the longest operating NASA spacecraft ever. Voyager 2 and its twin Voyager 1 that launched sixteen days later on Sept. 5, 1977, are still going strong, hurtling away from our sun. Mission managers are eagerly anticipating the day when they break on through to the other side — the space between stars.

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It is probably safe to say that without competition and rivalry...

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 14:58:00 -0400

It is probably safe to say that without competition and rivalry stirring the human ego in its quest for dominance as a species on this planet, nothing would get done. Such was the case when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik in 1957 thus thrusting the Americans, who couldn’t be bested by the Communist regime that threatened their perceived way of life. If there was no Cold War would we have even gotten to the Moon? Would humanity have been content to sit on their front porch and admire the sun setting, and moon rising without ever venturing off towards them?
In 2010 I created Johnny Tomorrow for the Fringe Festival in the Planetarium. Initially a lot of my motivation for doing the show came from the same reasons. Perceived notions of competition with other artists, wanting to be on their level or better, but mostly the turmoil of an artist comes from within in trying to achieve a monumental task and the doubt of failure if you don’t get there. Creating a planetarium show from scratch was not an easy thing to do especially for one that has never done it before, but that’s exactly the scenario that newly formed NASA found themselves in when they were tasked with the goal of getting to the Moon before the Russians did. I guess that’s what they call healthy competition, but what happens when there is no competition? How do we motivate ourselves as a species to create a better world with exploration when there is no competition of dominance or some monetary justification? As I write this with the Mars Rover Curiosity just having spent one day on the Red Planet, it’s clear our task as a species is not to just seek out the burning questions of what else is out there in the universe, but to inspire the next generation so that they can be the ones to actually touch the surface of another world. We must restart the passion of exploration that has fueled our species since the beginning of time.
The Vancouver Planetarium is showing The Right Stuff this coming Friday at 8 pm.
Tom Wolfe’s book on the history of the U.S. Space program reads like a novel, and the film has that same fictional quality. It covers the breaking of the sound barrier by Chuck Yeager to the Mercury 7 astronauts, showing that no one had a clue how to run a space program or how to select people to be in it. Thrilling, funny, charming and electrifying all at once.

Directed by: Philip KaufmannStarring: Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn, Ed Harris, Dennis Quaid, Fred Ward, Barbara Hershey, Veronica Cartwright
8 pmRuntime: 193minTickets: $10.75

Presented on one side of the planetarium dome, with the stars filling out the 360 degree space. GSO Observatory open till midnight.