Yesterday I did a live radio interview with my old friend Paul Harris who has radio show in St. Louis. We talked for a few minutes about Stardust. You can download the interview (3.25 Mb) from Paul’s site.
I remember listening to Paul when I lived in DC and he was on WMAL there I think it was, so it’s a kick to be on his show. He’ll be at The Amaz!ng Meeting next week too, and I’ll probably live blog from there as I did with the AAS meeting.
If you went to BadAstronomy.com and found yourself here, never fear: the BA Blog has moved to its new home at Discover Blogs. The original BA site (with the Moon Hoax debunking and all that) is still online, too.
Phil Plait, the creator of Bad Astronomy, is an astronomer, lecturer, and author. After ten years working on Hubble Space Telescope and six more working on astronomy education, he struck out on his own as a writer. He has written two books, dozens of magazine articles, and 12 bazillion blog articles. He is a skeptic, and fights misuses of science as well as praising the wonder of real science.
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January 17th, 2006 at 5:29 pm
Hmm…it’s probably not a good thing that I just read Andromeda Strain for the first time today…
January 18th, 2006 at 6:46 pm
LOL…Good movie too, for its time.
Nice interview BA. It really put the importance of the mission in perspective. Your distinction between the local and interstellar particles was…well, stellar.
Your website is a treasure trove of information and you did it all without aerogel. Thanks.
January 18th, 2006 at 7:18 pm
Thanks for the regular info. It’s easy to get bad information these days, and science is ripe for bad information. This is a breath of fresh air.
Thanks again!
January 19th, 2006 at 1:58 am
Have yet to listen to this at home
sent an e-mail to a personal account with something like “Listen to Phil on Stardust”
Oops inadvertant drugs reference :doh:
January 23rd, 2006 at 6:41 am
A few weeks ago, it looked like George Weah might try to prevent the Iron Grandmother from taking power - a mediated sit-down seems to have smoothed things over. ($5 says Weah is named Minister of Youth and Sport. Any takers?) Imnakoya’s got pictures of the US delegation - Condi Rice and Laura Bush - as well as links to other posts on the topic.
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When I lived in Japan, I ended up watching a lot of Sumo on television. It’s a really fascinating sport, and there’s much more to it than two obese Japanese…
February 1st, 2006 at 11:43 am
I finally got a chance to listen to your interview. You really sounded excited, and that’s what we need- more people who actually sound excited about science and astronomy. Great stuff - keep up the good work.