OneCosmos
Professional project
The prospect of partnering with a UFO enthusiast to launch an Internet site focused on serious science would be enough to give anyone pause. So it was especially jarring for Ann Druyan-the widow of renowned scientist Carl Sagan-when Web entrepreneur Joe Firmage approached her with such a plan early 2000.
Firmage, who made millions as the co-founder of consulting giant USWeb (later MarchFirst Inc.), became a legend in Silicon Valley in November, 1998.
Firmage, who made millions as the co-founder of consulting giant USWeb (later MarchFirst Inc.), became a legend in Silicon Valley in November, 1998.
That's when he posted a bizarre 600-page diatribe on the Web called ''The Truth,'' which attempted, among other things, to prove that aliens have visited earth and the government has covered it up. It was enough to make Sagan spin in his grave.
Yet two years later Druyan and Firmage joined forces to launch OneCosmos Network. OneCosmos.net, run by Firmage out of San Francisco, is a Web portal offering science-related information.
Yet two years later Druyan and Firmage joined forces to launch OneCosmos Network. OneCosmos.net, run by Firmage out of San Francisco, is a Web portal offering science-related information.
Los Angeles-based Cosmos Studios Inc., which Druyan manages from her hometown of Ithaca, N.Y., produced educational programs similar to Cosmos, the 1970s show that she co-produced with Sagan. Some of the programs was to be broadcast on the site, others would be sold to TV networks.
