If cannabis is the most efficient way to visit the cosmos from the comfort of your sofa, it has also inspired the most brilliant astronomers. It’s no coincidence that many of the technological advances linked to the conquest of space were imagined in the fumes of cannabis. Carl Sagan and instant vaporizers, this is space-weed culture.
Carl Sagan, gliding pioneer
The brilliant, daring and much maligned scientist Carl Sagan was not only an avid Cannabis user, he was also a fervent advocate of its legalization. The man who predicted the existence of complex organic molecules on the moon (long before it was possible to verify this) had many controversial theories throughout his career. His most cult text, a taboo subject, was published anonymously. It’s called “Marijuana Reconsidered”. Published in 1971, the book is credited to Professor Lester Grinspoon of Harvard University.
- Carl Sagan
In this essay, Sagan states that the euphoria typically associated with Marijuana led to an improvement in cognitive faculties and creativity. A must for overcoming the straitjacket of Western thinking and coming up with in-depth, “out-of-the-box” reflections.
A theory that was also proven by scientists studying the effects of cannabis on Alzheimer’s patients.
A pioneer, then, who even had the honor of having a variety named after him: a final posthumous tribute.
- The Carl Sagan Ganja
His pro-legalization stance has also been supported by the most famous of modern cosmologists, Neil Degrasse Tyson, for whom the prohibition of pot is “absurd in view of the little danger the plant represents compared with other legal products”.
The call of the cosmic gadget
Space is an imaginary world, the “last frontier” dreamed up by Kennedy, a theater of fantasy that is both extremely accessible (everyone can look up) and reserved for the very rich (not everyone can pay $2 million for a shuttle trip).
This fascination has created a whole market, including the famous astronaut ice-creams, which in reality are nothing more than a marketing creation. Or the pen capable of writing in any position, which went on to sell millions of copies.
Stoners are big kids and they love gadgets, so it makes sense that several vaporizers have proclaimed themselves to be “NASA-level technology”. And it’s not just a marketing ploy.
The ultra-resistant, heat-conductive ceramics used in the ovens of top-of-the-range vaporizers are inspired by those used for the shuttles developed by NASA, and this is particularly true of the best instant vaporizer on the market: the Herbalizer.
- The Herbalizer
A very expensive jewel (around 1000 Canadian dollars) that heats grass without burning it in 30 seconds, the creation of a former NASA engineer named Bob Pratt. If you’re interested, we recommend this short interview with Vice, which explains the origins of his quest for… space.
