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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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July 27th, 2007 at 7:01 pm
Rest well, pioneer of invention, and exploration. May your efforts, your enthusiasm, your sacrifice not be in vain, and may we, as a species keep forever reaching far beyond our grasp, and be inspired by your unflinching desire to push back the confines of the envelope.
July 28th, 2007 at 3:19 pm
In the exploration of any new environment, some will fall. Remember them with love and go forward,,,
Gary 7
July 30th, 2007 at 10:47 am
Our thoughts and best tele-support are with the families of Mr May and the others lost. We lose too many in any given day, but it is of some comfort to know that these people were doing something they loved, and were leading the way for the rest of the species.
We need more like them.