Comments on: I’ll have the Silver Dollar pancakes and a probe to go, please http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/03/16/ill-have-the-silver-dollar-pancakes-and-a-probe-to-go-please/ 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 17:52:52 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Maria http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/03/16/ill-have-the-silver-dollar-pancakes-and-a-probe-to-go-please/comment-page-1/#comment-32896 Maria Wed, 21 Mar 2007 02:47:41 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/03/16/ill-have-the-silver-dollar-pancakes-and-a-probe-to-go-please/#comment-32896 A weather balloon experiment launched by NASA landed in the desert about 6 miles from my house. We saw it come down and found it with our Jeep. It looked like the Lunar Lander. Really. They needed a K-Max helicopter to retrieve it from its landing site. The balloon landed about 5 miles away -- the lander glided to earth with parachutes. The NASA folks (who paid $15K per hour for the helicopter) gave us a patch. Weird stuff. Can't remember what the experiment was, but it was launched in New Mexico, ran overnight, and landed in central Arizona. A weather balloon experiment launched by NASA landed in the desert about 6 miles from my house. We saw it come down and found it with our Jeep. It looked like the Lunar Lander. Really. They needed a K-Max helicopter to retrieve it from its landing site. The balloon landed about 5 miles away — the lander glided to earth with parachutes. The NASA folks (who paid $15K per hour for the helicopter) gave us a patch. Weird stuff. Can’t remember what the experiment was, but it was launched in New Mexico, ran overnight, and landed in central Arizona.

]]> By: pianomanzero http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/03/16/ill-have-the-silver-dollar-pancakes-and-a-probe-to-go-please/comment-page-1/#comment-32895 pianomanzero Tue, 20 Mar 2007 13:07:39 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/03/16/ill-have-the-silver-dollar-pancakes-and-a-probe-to-go-please/#comment-32895 <i>“At least the photo isn’t blurry.” Umm, actually, the signs under the eaves *do* look pretty blurry to me. </i> Hey, at least it's not a streetlight! lol “At least the photo isn’t blurry.” Umm, actually, the signs under the eaves *do* look pretty blurry to me.
Hey, at least it’s not a streetlight! lol

]]> By: Philip From Australia http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/03/16/ill-have-the-silver-dollar-pancakes-and-a-probe-to-go-please/comment-page-1/#comment-32915 Philip From Australia Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:50:33 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/03/16/ill-have-the-silver-dollar-pancakes-and-a-probe-to-go-please/#comment-32915 Well, I had to visit in 2005... I was driving through New Mexico. And I found the VLA. And on my way through to Texas... well it's kind of on the way. They were having their fair at the time. I planned to go. But on the day I got a flat, and by the time it was fixed (hire care, could not work out how to get TO the spare. Called the roadside assistance... THAT took hours. HE couldn't work out how to get to the spare). So I was fed up and didn't go. But my (hire car) tire was probed in Roswell New Mexico. PfA. Well, I had to visit in 2005… I was driving through New Mexico. And I found the VLA. And on my way through to Texas… well it’s kind of on the way.

They were having their fair at the time. I planned to go. But on the day I got a flat, and by the time it was fixed (hire care, could not work out how to get TO the spare. Called the roadside assistance… THAT took hours. HE couldn’t work out how to get to the spare).

So I was fed up and didn’t go.

But my (hire car) tire was probed in Roswell New Mexico.

PfA.

]]> By: Angelo http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/03/16/ill-have-the-silver-dollar-pancakes-and-a-probe-to-go-please/comment-page-1/#comment-32914 Angelo Sat, 17 Mar 2007 10:42:33 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/03/16/ill-have-the-silver-dollar-pancakes-and-a-probe-to-go-please/#comment-32914 I bet the place has more than it's fair share of kooks running around. I read somewhere that the U.F.O brigade have made the place their mecca. I bet the place has more than it’s fair share of kooks running around. I read somewhere that the U.F.O brigade have made the place their mecca.

]]> By: darius http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/03/16/ill-have-the-silver-dollar-pancakes-and-a-probe-to-go-please/comment-page-1/#comment-32913 darius Sat, 17 Mar 2007 10:02:22 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/03/16/ill-have-the-silver-dollar-pancakes-and-a-probe-to-go-please/#comment-32913 There's also a "Little AleInn" at Area 51 (aka Groom Lake), Nevada. All sorts of stuff for the tin-hat-wearing crowd there. There’s also a “Little AleInn” at Area 51 (aka Groom Lake), Nevada. All sorts of stuff for the tin-hat-wearing crowd there.

]]> By: davidlpf http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/03/16/ill-have-the-silver-dollar-pancakes-and-a-probe-to-go-please/comment-page-1/#comment-32912 davidlpf Sat, 17 Mar 2007 09:55:53 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/03/16/ill-have-the-silver-dollar-pancakes-and-a-probe-to-go-please/#comment-32912 Iguess there is a phone to "phone home" on. Iguess there is a phone to “phone home” on.

]]> By: Philip From Australia http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/03/16/ill-have-the-silver-dollar-pancakes-and-a-probe-to-go-please/comment-page-1/#comment-32911 Philip From Australia Sat, 17 Mar 2007 06:55:04 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2007/03/16/ill-have-the-silver-dollar-pancakes-and-a-probe-to-go-please/#comment-32911 I've been to Roswell... I liked the place. Friendly people. Funny street lights. Bucketed down like you wouldn't believe the afternoon I went for a walk. But I was almost 2 years early for this place... wahhhh. Roswell... Bigger than it looks on the tv show. Philip I’ve been to Roswell… I liked the place. Friendly people. Funny street lights. Bucketed down like you wouldn’t believe the afternoon I went for a walk.

But I was almost 2 years early for this place… wahhhh.

Roswell… Bigger than it looks on the tv show.

Philip

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