Comments on: Three things

By: NASA prefers not to use Russian rockets | Bad Astronomy | Discover Magazine

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:49:00 +0000

[...] want to use Russian rockets during the multiyear gap between the Shuttle and Constellation eras. I’ve written about this, how NASA has sought a waiver from the government to allow them use Russian tech, despite a law [...]

By: shane

shane — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:31:55 +0000

@Jose,

Jon Jarret’s character is just your average Aussie ~~serial killer~~ bloke.

By: Grand Lunar

Grand Lunar — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 23:01:58 +0000

I read of the law with NASA using the Soyuz in the Orlando Sentinal as well.
Though I’m not sure where their source was from.

By: Jewel

Jewel — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 22:16:58 +0000

I would absolutely love to visit Australia. Should I ever manage that, I’ll have to time it so that I can attend a Skeptics in the Pub

By: Jose

Jose — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:20:18 +0000

@shane Which characters specifically in Wolfcreek are most representative of modern Australians? The answer may affect my future travel plans. I’m glad I thought of Dot and the Kangaroo, though. For years, my answer to “What is the all time scariest scene in a movie.” had been the subway scene in The Wiz, but I had forgotten that terrifying bunyip scene. I saw both movies when I was a three, and nothing has come close to scaring me as much since.

By: Jose

Jose — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 15:00:00 +0000

Wolfcreek? that isn’t a movie, this is a movie… *holds up a copy of “Dot and the Kangaroo”

My other top choice for this joke was Crocodile Dundee 2.

By: annoyingmouse

annoyingmouse — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:40:06 +0000

(long time reader, first time poster and all that sort of thing)

On the subject of Australian skeptics, I’ve been listening to Dr Karl’s Great Moments In Science (http://www.abc.net.au/science/k2/moments/). It’s a brilliantly presented weekly spot debunking various stupid science myth that we all have to put up with. I believe he’s a former Australian Skeptic of the Year and author of a series of books called “Mythconception”. I came across him here in the UK through his weekly 3 in the morning BBC Radio 5 slot (http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/podcasts/drkarl/). Probably there for all the skeptics like myself who struggle to sleep knowing the number of irrational people out there.