Comments on: Behind the Nobel http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/29/behind-the-nobel/ 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. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:11:06 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: phrank http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/29/behind-the-nobel/comment-page-1/#comment-22890 phrank Mon, 30 Oct 2006 22:59:15 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/29/behind-the-nobel/#comment-22890 Contrary to the article, a six inch orbiting telescope can be useful. Canada's MOST (Micro-variability and Oscillation of STars) satellite is one - PI Jamie Mathews at UBC and the NEOSSat is another which will be looking for ATEN class asteroids - PI Alan Hildebrand U of Calgary. The Canadian Space Agency likes to call MOST the Humble Telescope. Notwithstanding the above - I enjoyed the article! Contrary to the article, a six inch orbiting telescope can be useful. Canada’s MOST (Micro-variability and Oscillation of STars) satellite is one – PI Jamie Mathews at UBC and the NEOSSat is another which will be looking for ATEN class asteroids – PI Alan Hildebrand U of Calgary. The Canadian Space Agency likes to call MOST the Humble Telescope.

Notwithstanding the above – I enjoyed the article!

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]]> By: DennyMo http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/29/behind-the-nobel/comment-page-1/#comment-22888 DennyMo Mon, 30 Oct 2006 14:13:08 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/29/behind-the-nobel/#comment-22888 Eiffel, Rutan (doubt I spelled that right...), umm, the Hungarian (?) guy who designed the Brooklyn Bridge, umm, nuts you'd think I'd do better than that, since I'm allegedly an engineer... I had a mechanical engineering prof who took this professional pity party one level further: "I get sick and tired of all the electrical and electronic engineers taking credit for the information revolution: if it wasn't for mechanical engineers figuring out how to MAKE the stuff, none of the grand designs would have ever left the lab." Eiffel, Rutan (doubt I spelled that right…), umm, the Hungarian (?) guy who designed the Brooklyn Bridge, umm, nuts you’d think I’d do better than that, since I’m allegedly an engineer… I had a mechanical engineering prof who took this professional pity party one level further: “I get sick and tired of all the electrical and electronic engineers taking credit for the information revolution: if it wasn’t for mechanical engineers figuring out how to MAKE the stuff, none of the grand designs would have ever left the lab.”

]]> By: Melusine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/29/behind-the-nobel/comment-page-1/#comment-22892 Melusine Mon, 30 Oct 2006 09:06:19 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/29/behind-the-nobel/#comment-22892 <i>“Everything is built by the engineers,” he said, “but the astronomers get all the publicity.”</i> Funny, when I think of the all the probes and satellites we send up, I always think of the engineers first. Programs on The Science Channel focus a lot of time on the engineering teams, but perhaps as individuals they <i>don't</i> always get the prize. Name a famous engineer... :-( “Everything is built by the engineers,” he said, “but the astronomers get all the publicity.”

Funny, when I think of the all the probes and satellites we send up, I always think of the engineers first. Programs on The Science Channel focus a lot of time on the engineering teams, but perhaps as individuals they don’t always get the prize. Name a famous engineer… :-(

]]> By: Will. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/29/behind-the-nobel/comment-page-1/#comment-22889 Will. Mon, 30 Oct 2006 01:18:31 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/10/29/behind-the-nobel/#comment-22889 B.A. One of the reasons I like this site is the clarity of your writing and the interesting and well thought responses from the bloggers. The best science writing is the best writing - informative, interesting, clear and concise. I realize that collections of essays listed as "best of" are often only the opinions of the editors. Nevertheless, let me recommend The Best American Science Writing 2006 as worth a look. It is not restricted to astronomy, but to a wide array of topics. The editors are Atul Gawande and Jesse Cohen. Good wriing is good whatever the topic, I think. Will. M. B.A.
One of the reasons I like this site is the clarity of your writing and the interesting and well thought responses from the bloggers. The best science writing is the best writing – informative, interesting, clear and concise. I realize that collections of essays listed as “best of” are often only the opinions of the editors. Nevertheless, let me recommend The Best American Science Writing 2006 as worth a look. It is not restricted to astronomy, but to a wide array of topics. The editors are Atul Gawande and Jesse Cohen. Good wriing is good whatever the topic, I think.
Will. M.

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