Comments on: Shuttle Launch! http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/11/15/shuttle-launch/ Random samplings from a universe of ideas. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:15:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Spiv http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/11/15/shuttle-launch/comment-page-1/#comment-109499 Spiv Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:41:25 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/?p=3206#comment-109499 Oh hey, I didn't realize people were here! I'm unfortunately stuck in an office till shortly before the launch, but I hope you enjoy the show! Oh hey, I didn’t realize people were here! I’m unfortunately stuck in an office till shortly before the launch, but I hope you enjoy the show!

]]> By: Carl Brannen http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/2009/11/15/shuttle-launch/comment-page-1/#comment-109462 Carl Brannen Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:35:52 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/cosmicvariance/?p=3206#comment-109462 Amateurs have the opposite problem in publishing. It's very difficult to get a paper published because you need to have other people read it and point out possible misconceptions, misuse of language, and general obfuscation before you can write it clearly. However, it is still possible to get stuff published. It looks like I'll have two papers published this year. In each case, from submission to acceptance was about 5 months. Amateurs have the opposite problem in publishing. It’s very difficult to get a paper published because you need to have other people read it and point out possible misconceptions, misuse of language, and general obfuscation before you can write it clearly.

However, it is still possible to get stuff published. It looks like I’ll have two papers published this year. In each case, from submission to acceptance was about 5 months.

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