Comments on: Where has the BA book been, Part XI: Incoming! http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/16/where-has-the-ba-book-been-part-xi-incoming/ 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, 13 Feb 2012 22:42:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: blf http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/16/where-has-the-ba-book-been-part-xi-incoming/comment-page-1/#comment-70752 blf Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:48:18 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/16/where-has-the-ba-book-been-part-xi-incoming/#comment-70752 repair kit for the next time some tiles fall off the shuttle? riveted to ken ham's head? instruction manual for ice skating in hades? kicked for a drop goal to win the six nations? top of the nytimes best seller list? baked, is not a good cookie. ;-( repair kit for the next time some tiles fall off the shuttle?

riveted to ken ham’s head?

instruction manual for ice skating in hades?

kicked for a drop goal to win the six nations?

top of the nytimes best seller list?

baked, is not a good cookie. ;-(

]]> By: Mister Earl http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/16/where-has-the-ba-book-been-part-xi-incoming/comment-page-1/#comment-70751 Mister Earl Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:34:45 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/16/where-has-the-ba-book-been-part-xi-incoming/#comment-70751 Fun idea B.A. hehe. Velcroed to the Liberty Bell, spackled onto the sphinx, stuck on Stonehenge, tacked onto.... well, you already get the idea. Fun idea B.A. hehe. Velcroed to the Liberty Bell, spackled onto the sphinx, stuck on Stonehenge, tacked onto…. well, you already get the idea.

]]> By: Mister Earl http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/16/where-has-the-ba-book-been-part-xi-incoming/comment-page-1/#comment-70750 Mister Earl Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:31:51 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/16/where-has-the-ba-book-been-part-xi-incoming/#comment-70750 I just wanted to point out that you can see where a hundred years of greasy human hands has slowly polished the lower half of the meteorite. Hand sanitizer, anyone? I just wanted to point out that you can see where a hundred years of greasy human hands has slowly polished the lower half of the meteorite. Hand sanitizer, anyone?

]]> By: Linda Gauthier http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/16/where-has-the-ba-book-been-part-xi-incoming/comment-page-1/#comment-70749 Linda Gauthier Mon, 18 Feb 2008 02:10:59 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/16/where-has-the-ba-book-been-part-xi-incoming/#comment-70749 I happily agree that Kay Ferrari is a wonderful "Wonder-woman"! I have been part of the SSA/SSEP program since 2004. Kay has provided us with so many opportunities to share with my students the exciting science of so many NASA missions! Thanks, Kay and BA too. I happily agree that Kay Ferrari is a wonderful “Wonder-woman”! I have been part of the SSA/SSEP program since 2004. Kay has provided us with so many opportunities to share with my students the exciting science of so many NASA missions!
Thanks, Kay and BA too.

]]> By: The Bad Astronomer http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/16/where-has-the-ba-book-been-part-xi-incoming/comment-page-1/#comment-70748 The Bad Astronomer Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:03:50 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/16/where-has-the-ba-book-been-part-xi-incoming/#comment-70748 Why yes Steve, that's precisely what I'm trying to do! In fact, I'm hoping someone will get a picture of it stapled to the Mona Lisa, or glued to the statue of David. Why yes Steve, that’s precisely what I’m trying to do!

In fact, I’m hoping someone will get a picture of it stapled to the Mona Lisa, or glued to the statue of David.

]]> By: Murff http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/16/where-has-the-ba-book-been-part-xi-incoming/comment-page-1/#comment-70747 Murff Sun, 17 Feb 2008 01:49:14 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/16/where-has-the-ba-book-been-part-xi-incoming/#comment-70747 Need to get a picture of the book during The Great Race http://www.iditarod.com/ Need to get a picture of the book during The Great Race http://www.iditarod.com/

]]> By: Steve http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/16/where-has-the-ba-book-been-part-xi-incoming/comment-page-1/#comment-70746 Steve Sat, 16 Feb 2008 23:27:36 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/16/where-has-the-ba-book-been-part-xi-incoming/#comment-70746 I presume there's a big sign somewhere saying "feel free to touch and handle the meteor, even though we put a fence around it." I mean, you're not encouraging people to interfere with museum exhibits in your quest for book-aggrandizement? I presume there’s a big sign somewhere saying “feel free to touch and handle the meteor, even though we put a fence around it.”

I mean, you’re not encouraging people to interfere with museum exhibits in your quest for book-aggrandizement?

]]> By: Edward http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/16/where-has-the-ba-book-been-part-xi-incoming/comment-page-1/#comment-70745 Edward Sat, 16 Feb 2008 22:52:05 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/16/where-has-the-ba-book-been-part-xi-incoming/#comment-70745 Just wondered, what was the size before it entered the atmosphere? Or does iron not burn up? Wow! Just wondered, what was the size before it entered the atmosphere?
Or does iron not burn up?
Wow!

]]> By: Mark Martin http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/16/where-has-the-ba-book-been-part-xi-incoming/comment-page-1/#comment-70744 Mark Martin Sat, 16 Feb 2008 21:41:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/16/where-has-the-ba-book-been-part-xi-incoming/#comment-70744 "So she took this one, which almost literally rocks:" I don't think it rocks as much as it irons. I was at the Hayden not quite two years ago. That meteorite is amazingly large. And of course, the collection inside the natural history museum kicks *##, and has some impressively-sized ones as well. “So she took this one, which almost literally rocks:”

I don’t think it rocks as much as it irons.

I was at the Hayden not quite two years ago. That meteorite is amazingly large. And of course, the collection inside the natural history museum kicks *##, and has some impressively-sized ones as well.

]]> By: Yoshi_3up http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/16/where-has-the-ba-book-been-part-xi-incoming/comment-page-1/#comment-70743 Yoshi_3up Sat, 16 Feb 2008 21:07:31 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/16/where-has-the-ba-book-been-part-xi-incoming/#comment-70743 "[...] Which almost literally rocks." I love those puns, BA. Will this book get edited and released in Argentina? I'm looking forward to read it. “[...] Which almost literally rocks.”

I love those puns, BA.

Will this book get edited and released in Argentina? I’m looking forward to read it.

]]> By: Gary Ansorge http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/16/where-has-the-ba-book-been-part-xi-incoming/comment-page-1/#comment-70740 Gary Ansorge Sat, 16 Feb 2008 17:44:10 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/16/where-has-the-ba-book-been-part-xi-incoming/#comment-70740 I like Steven Colbert. He's such an iconoclast. Licking an iron meteor does not seem so icky to me. Maybe he was just doing what every child does: using ALL his senses to appreciate his environment. GAry 7 I like Steven Colbert. He’s such an iconoclast. Licking an iron meteor does not seem so icky to me. Maybe he was just doing what every child does: using ALL his senses to appreciate his environment.

GAry 7

]]> By: Stu http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/16/where-has-the-ba-book-been-part-xi-incoming/comment-page-1/#comment-70742 Stu Sat, 16 Feb 2008 17:10:09 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/16/where-has-the-ba-book-been-part-xi-incoming/#comment-70742 Great pic. I'd love to go there and see that wonderful chunk'a debris for myself. Seeing as you mentioned it, it would be great if the "Solar System Ambassador" project was expanded to accept Outreach Educators outside the US. There are many of us out here, in the big wide world that exists beyond the US's borders, who spend a lot of our freetime giving talks in schools and to community groups, running astronomy societies, writing for local papers and doing news reports on local radio and tv stations, i.e. doing all the things Ambassadors do, yet we can't *be* Ambassadors. I hope we're allowed to be soon. Great pic. I’d love to go there and see that wonderful chunk’a debris for myself.

Seeing as you mentioned it, it would be great if the “Solar System Ambassador” project was expanded to accept Outreach Educators outside the US. There are many of us out here, in the big wide world that exists beyond the US’s borders, who spend a lot of our freetime giving talks in schools and to community groups, running astronomy societies, writing for local papers and doing news reports on local radio and tv stations, i.e. doing all the things Ambassadors do, yet we can’t *be* Ambassadors. I hope we’re allowed to be soon.

]]> By: Kevin http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/16/where-has-the-ba-book-been-part-xi-incoming/comment-page-1/#comment-70741 Kevin Sat, 16 Feb 2008 16:32:41 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2008/02/16/where-has-the-ba-book-been-part-xi-incoming/#comment-70741 Phil, your link for "Take a picture of yourself holding it in some fun location, send it to me," doesn't work. You're missing the .html after the http://www.badastronomy.com/info/contact part. Shouldn't it be http://www.badastronomy.com/info/contact.html ? :) Otherwise, great shot. I just hope she didn't set it where Colbert licked. Eww. Of course, if she set the book there <i>before</i> Colvert was there, you could say that - in effect - he licked your book! Phil, your link for “Take a picture of yourself holding it in some fun location, send it to me,” doesn’t work. You’re missing the .html after the http://www.badastronomy.com/info/contact part.

Shouldn’t it be http://www.badastronomy.com/info/contact.html ? :)

Otherwise, great shot. I just hope she didn’t set it where Colbert licked. Eww. Of course, if she set the book there before Colvert was there, you could say that – in effect – he licked your book!

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