Interview in The Daily Camera

When I got the asteroid named after me recently, I sent along a press release to my local paper The Daily Camera, because they like to run local-astronomer-makes-good stories. Their science reporter, Laura Snider, agreed to talk to me and last week I went down there and chatted with her for quite some time. It’s refreshing to see a reporter with a real interest in science!

Her report just came out today, and it’s nice! So, fellow "cosmos junkies", check it out.

April 1st, 2008 1:00 PM by Phil Plait in Astronomy | 8 comments | RSS feed | Trackback >

8 Responses to “Interview in The Daily Camera”

1. QuasarTimes Says:
April 1st, 2008 at 1:21 pm

Ah, the true knight in the noble crusade. I’m glad there are more of us journalists who have a enthusiasm for science.
2. James McCann Says:
April 1st, 2008 at 2:06 pm

Shouldn’t this quote:

“Happily for us, GRBs always appear hundreds of millions or billions of light years away.”

say

“Happily for us, so far GRBs have always appeared hundreds of millions or billions of light years away.”

instead?

:-O
3. Blu-Ray-Ven Says:
April 1st, 2008 at 3:14 pm

“Sadly, we’re not going to be impacted by my asteroid anytime soon,” Plait joked.

now that would be ironic if it were heading our way.

“news bulletin, phil plait to wipe out man kind, news at 11.” lol
4. Paul Says:
April 1st, 2008 at 4:30 pm

“…a mildly eccentric orbit…”

Hmm, seems like it was aptly named then…
5. Skeptical Cowboy Says:
April 1st, 2008 at 5:19 pm

Phil,

Congrats on getting in the Daily Camera.

I am going to write Linda Snider and tell her I enjoyed the article, I encourage other to do the same.
6. allkom Says:
April 1st, 2008 at 6:45 pm

“cosmos junkies” , never been adjectivated this way . Will take it as a compliment . Your glory nevertheless.
7. Robert Carnegie Says:
April 5th, 2008 at 9:32 am

“Happily for us, so far GRBs have always appeared hundreds of millions or billions of light years away.”

Well, I -was- gonna wait for the softcover – but who knows? Guy has his own asteriod, he could be doing -anything- with it up there.
8. Robert Carnegie Says:
April 5th, 2008 at 9:36 am

Aw, I misspelled. I am currently taking a steriod for sinus affliction… but I’ll be honest, I’m -usually- lousy with type. And that “Submit” button should be labelled “Reveal mistakes and preserve them for all eternity”. But I guess there isn’t room.

Lembit Opik is watching ya.

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