Comments on: At the Lunar and Planetary Science Meeting http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/12/at-the-lunar-and-planetary-science-meeting/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:04:51 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Irishman http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/12/at-the-lunar-and-planetary-science-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-12689 Irishman Tue, 14 Mar 2006 21:30:13 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/12/at-the-lunar-and-planetary-science-meeting/#comment-12689 Phil, I guess I missed you. I dropped by the Hilton Monday evening to leave a message and found out you had already left. Oh well. Phil, I guess I missed you. I dropped by the Hilton Monday evening to leave a message and found out you had already left. Oh well.

]]> By: P. Edward Murray http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/12/at-the-lunar-and-planetary-science-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-12688 P. Edward Murray Tue, 14 Mar 2006 12:25:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/12/at-the-lunar-and-planetary-science-meeting/#comment-12688 The comet.... There's a great animation of Comet Pojmanski at http://home.att.net/~dpersyk/new.htm Dave Mitsky Pretty decent I think, I will try to get some photos tonight! Ed The comet….

There’s a great animation of Comet Pojmanski at
http://home.att.net/~dpersyk/new.htm

Dave Mitsky

Pretty decent I think, I will try to get some photos tonight!

Ed

]]> By: John B. Sandlin http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/12/at-the-lunar-and-planetary-science-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-12687 John B. Sandlin Tue, 14 Mar 2006 00:54:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/12/at-the-lunar-and-planetary-science-meeting/#comment-12687 Hey, Phil - take a peek out your hotel window in the general vacinity of San Antonio and wave. You'll be waving back at me! I've been here 18 years and never yet made it to Houston (other than passing through Houston Hobby Airport enroute to somewhere else). Emily's blog reminds me, I need to renew my membership to the Planetary Society. I let it lapse a few years ago when money was an issue. (Not that the membership was that much). jbs Hey, Phil – take a peek out your hotel window in the general vacinity of San Antonio and wave. You’ll be waving back at me! I’ve been here 18 years and never yet made it to Houston (other than passing through Houston Hobby Airport enroute to somewhere else).

Emily’s blog reminds me, I need to renew my membership to the Planetary Society. I let it lapse a few years ago when money was an issue. (Not that the membership was that much).

jbs

]]> By: Charles Simkins http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/12/at-the-lunar-and-planetary-science-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-12686 Charles Simkins Mon, 13 Mar 2006 21:49:31 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/12/at-the-lunar-and-planetary-science-meeting/#comment-12686 Phil: Off the topic, but I volunteer at Chabot Space & Science Center, which you know about. The latest discovery that I share with visitors is to take them to the observation deck and tell them that if they were on Pluto, the sun would be the size of a car on the GG Bridge, and if they were on Jupiter the sun would be the size of a car in Piedmont, both of which you can see from the deck. It never hurts to put forth real examples of astronomical phenomena so that our visitors can get the feeling of space. I always try to provide real world examples for people. Charles Simkins cbsimkins@comcast.net Phil:

Off the topic, but I volunteer at Chabot Space & Science Center, which you know about. The latest discovery that I share with visitors is to take them to the observation deck and tell them that if they were on Pluto, the sun would be the size of a car on the GG Bridge, and if they were on Jupiter the sun would be the size of a car in Piedmont, both of which you can see from the deck. It never hurts to put forth real examples of astronomical phenomena so that our visitors can get the feeling of space. I always try to provide real world examples for people.

Charles Simkins
cbsimkins@comcast.net

]]> By: ioresult http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/12/at-the-lunar-and-planetary-science-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-12685 ioresult Mon, 13 Mar 2006 21:38:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/12/at-the-lunar-and-planetary-science-meeting/#comment-12685 I hope google adds the new images from MGS and MRO (and even Mars Express) on their map site of Mars when they become available, like they do for Earth, it would help the zoom feature. I hope google adds the new images from MGS and MRO (and even Mars Express) on their map site of Mars when they become available, like they do for Earth, it would help the zoom feature.

]]> By: The Bad Astronomer http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/12/at-the-lunar-and-planetary-science-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-12684 The Bad Astronomer Mon, 13 Mar 2006 21:05:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/12/at-the-lunar-and-planetary-science-meeting/#comment-12684 Bad Albert-- nope. Jim is <i>very</i> tall. That's actually how I recognized him at first! Bad Albert– nope. Jim is very tall. That’s actually how I recognized him at first!

]]> By: TR http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/12/at-the-lunar-and-planetary-science-meeting/comment-page-1/#comment-12683 TR Mon, 13 Mar 2006 20:52:51 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/03/12/at-the-lunar-and-planetary-science-meeting/#comment-12683 Is it just me, or does that mountain about 20 degrees south of the Daedalia Plenum look like a smirking George Washington? http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/6089/gwmars2my.jpg (Sorry - I just couldn't resist!) Is it just me, or does that mountain about 20 degrees south of the Daedalia Plenum look like a smirking George Washington?

http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/6089/gwmars2my.jpg

(Sorry – I just couldn’t resist!)

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