Comments on: Guiding Skeptics to the Universe http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/19/guiding-skeptics-to-the-universe/ 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, 23 Nov 2009 18:40:01 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: MARK http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/19/guiding-skeptics-to-the-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-201890 MARK Sat, 25 Jul 2009 05:48:27 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/19/guiding-skeptics-to-the-universe/#comment-201890 I’m a scientist now, and helped instill in me and all my siblings a love of science and space. My memories of collector-solar.com Apollo are inextricably entangled with memories of my father from back then too. So to me, Apollo is personal. I’m a scientist now, and helped instill in me and all my siblings a love of science and space. My memories of collector-solar.com Apollo are inextricably entangled with memories of my father from back then too. So to me, Apollo is personal.

]]> By: Flying sardines http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/19/guiding-skeptics-to-the-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-201880 Flying sardines Sat, 25 Jul 2009 04:37:27 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/19/guiding-skeptics-to-the-universe/#comment-201880 @ 17. Stone Age Scientist : THX. :-) @ 17. Stone Age Scientist : THX. :-)

]]> By: John Paradox http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/19/guiding-skeptics-to-the-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-200720 John Paradox Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:41:53 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/19/guiding-skeptics-to-the-universe/#comment-200720 <I>14. PAN Says: On the other hand, “Meteor” is on tonight, part 2. I only started to watch it because it said it is starring Christopher LLoyd!… and then he dies about 10 minutes in, but we still have Jason Alexander! and that one guy that was in Ghostbusters, and Congo! And others! I think my favorite parts are when they are shooting down the meteors with stinger missiles, the definition of awesome. Go meteors! Take evasive action! I love it, they are pulverizing all the rocks into teeny tiny pieces, even the big 60 mile ones (there are two!), and this won’t cause to Earth to be pummeled by all the little pieces anyways because…..? </I> The guy from Ghostbusters (1 and 2) is Ernie Hudson. Also, Jason Alexander was killed off about 45 min into Part 2 (BTW, Chris Lloyd was killed at 30 min, including commercial breaks). I was also waiting to see if Stacy Keach would make it through the entire miniseries after Lloyd and Alexander were killed off. The FINAL SALVATION of the Earth is almost funny in watching the reactions to the technique... which is basically what I was expecting as the most efficient (for the situation) . The 'epilogue' to the show didn't have something I would have liked to have seen (and people with sufficient math could explain why I wouldn't get it...), which would be the remnants of Kassandra going into orbit and creating a 'second moon'. Heck, I've also got all the Godzilla and Gamera movies.. plus some that make Plan 9 look like Casablanca! J/P=? 14. PAN Says:
On the other hand, “Meteor” is on tonight, part 2. I only started to watch it because it said it is starring Christopher LLoyd!… and then he dies about 10 minutes in, but we still have Jason Alexander! and that one guy that was in Ghostbusters, and Congo! And others!
I think my favorite parts are when they are shooting down the meteors with stinger missiles, the definition of awesome. Go meteors! Take evasive action! I love it, they are pulverizing all the rocks into teeny tiny pieces, even the big 60 mile ones (there are two!), and this won’t cause to Earth to be pummeled by all the little pieces anyways because…..?

The guy from Ghostbusters (1 and 2) is Ernie Hudson. Also, Jason Alexander was killed off about 45 min into Part 2 (BTW, Chris Lloyd was killed at 30 min, including commercial breaks). I was also waiting to see if Stacy Keach would make it through the entire miniseries after Lloyd and Alexander were killed off.

The FINAL SALVATION of the Earth is almost funny in watching the reactions to the technique… which is basically what I was expecting as the most efficient (for the situation) .

The ‘epilogue’ to the show didn’t have something I would have liked to have seen (and people with sufficient math could explain why I wouldn’t get it…), which would be the remnants of Kassandra going into orbit and creating a ’second moon’.

Heck, I’ve also got all the Godzilla and Gamera movies.. plus some that make Plan 9 look like Casablanca!

J/P=?

]]> By: Torbjörn Larsson, OM http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/19/guiding-skeptics-to-the-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-200689 Torbjörn Larsson, OM Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:00:17 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/19/guiding-skeptics-to-the-universe/#comment-200689 <blockquote> Tango Uniform </blockquote> Thank the Web for the Urban Dictionary. And thanks Woof for the NSFW ROFL! <blockquote> we now have a grand total of thirteen people up in space </blockquote> And immediately (as I mentioned on another blog as among the most likely endangering phenomena of long term missions) a loo has gone poo. (And there are rumors, not necessarily true, about sharing problems on the remaining ones.) Space toilet technology must have some sort of record in untrustworthiness. Or is it what they feed astronauts? :-o

Tango Uniform

Thank the Web for the Urban Dictionary. And thanks Woof for the NSFW ROFL!

we now have a grand total of thirteen people up in space

And immediately (as I mentioned on another blog as among the most likely endangering phenomena of long term missions) a loo has gone poo. (And there are rumors, not necessarily true, about sharing problems on the remaining ones.)

Space toilet technology must have some sort of record in untrustworthiness. Or is it what they feed astronauts? :-o

]]> By: Stone Age Scientist http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/19/guiding-skeptics-to-the-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-200478 Stone Age Scientist Mon, 20 Jul 2009 09:19:09 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/19/guiding-skeptics-to-the-universe/#comment-200478 Hi Flying Sardines, I've been intrigued by the romanticness of a "porch" in space. Somehow, the recently-installed Kibo facility conjured up to mind the movie "Up," wherein a house with a small porch flew through the air by the use of balloons. Anyway, I just saw these vids at Space.com (if you haven't seen them already). The vids give an overview of Japan's Kibo lab in the ISS. Some nice animations for all ye peeps. http://www.space.com/common/media/video/player.php?videoRef=SP_090626_kibo1 http://www.space.com/common/media/video/player.php?videoRef=SP_090626_kibo1 Hi Flying Sardines,

I’ve been intrigued by the romanticness of a “porch” in space. Somehow, the recently-installed Kibo facility conjured up to mind the movie “Up,” wherein a house with a small porch flew through the air by the use of balloons. Anyway, I just saw these vids at Space.com (if you haven’t seen them already). The vids give an overview of Japan’s Kibo lab in the ISS. Some nice animations for all ye peeps.

http://www.space.com/common/media/video/player.php?videoRef=SP_090626_kibo1

http://www.space.com/common/media/video/player.php?videoRef=SP_090626_kibo1

]]> By: Flying sardines http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/19/guiding-skeptics-to-the-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-200461 Flying sardines Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:20:56 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/19/guiding-skeptics-to-the-universe/#comment-200461 @ 10. Phil Plait Says: <i>As far as Endeavour goes, I have been very busy and cannot follow the mission. </i> Pity. :-( It's doing pretty well & interesting IMHON. As I noted earlier <i>(how did the post no.'s all get changed dang-nabbit?)</i> we now have a grand total of thirteen people up in space & all in the combined (docked) <i>Endeavour-ISS </i> which I understand is some sort of record. I'd love to see your take on this BA. Hope it gets less busy & you find the time to do this soon-ish. Not that I'd dream of telling you what to post about o'course! ;-) But please ... @ 10. Phil Plait Says:

As far as Endeavour goes, I have been very busy and cannot follow the mission.

Pity. :-(

It’s doing pretty well & interesting IMHON.

As I noted earlier (how did the post no.’s all get changed dang-nabbit?) we now have a grand total of thirteen people up in space & all in the combined (docked) Endeavour-ISS which I understand is some sort of record. I’d love to see your take on this BA. Hope it gets less busy & you find the time to do this soon-ish. Not that I’d dream of telling you what to post about o’course! ;-)

But please …

]]> By: Stone Age Scientist http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/19/guiding-skeptics-to-the-universe/comment-page-1/#comment-200398 Stone Age Scientist Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:08:16 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/07/19/guiding-skeptics-to-the-universe/#comment-200398 There goes the TEST theory. :) There goes the TEST theory. :)

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