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 May 13 2008, 08:32 PM
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 Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 2919 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682  |
May be this telescope is only limited to Zodiacal contellations observations?
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May 13 2008, 08:41 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14431 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Stu and I got into full on ESA ranting mode in the pub
 All credit really has to go to Stu for pulling together an excellent astronomy society - friendly, interested etc. Without a proper audience, I would essentially be a mad person in front of an empty room going 'Look, MARS'. |
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May 13 2008, 09:32 PM
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 Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8783 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
You guys need to take it on the road...let me know when the LA tour date is!
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May 13 2008, 09:38 PM
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 The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
The only problem with having Doug as a guest speaker is that he's an impossible act to follow. Not (just) because he's a genuinely brilliant speaker, but because his laptop has more frakking special effects than Industrial Light and Magic, and I know from past experience that next month, when I give my news round up, each time I change the Powerpoint slide there'll be people whispering in the darkness "Huh... call that a transition? Doug's pictures rippled... or burst into flames... or dissolved into lovely twinkly stars..."
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May 19 2008, 07:59 PM
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Rarely a day passes...
Getting the award tonight has to be the BBC (once again). This story informs me that a laser has created temperatures hotter than the surface of the sun. Ok, so 10 million degrees Celsius is technically hotter than 5800K. But we know what they meant to say... Andy Edit: The story has been altered. The website, I'll grant them, shows good editorial response by the BBC - but shouldn't sloppy-copy be nipped in the bud? |
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May 19 2008, 08:46 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8783 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
QUOTE (djellison @ May 13 2008, 01:41 PM)  Without a proper audience, I would essentially be a mad person in front of an empty room going 'Look, MARS'. Er, isn't that what all of us essentially are most of the time? God knows I've endured enough weird looks, nicknames such as "Mr. Mars", and other such things over the years from friends & colleagues. I just applaud you guys for having the guts and motivation to do it in front of a mass audience!(Sorry; just had to mock the state of being!) -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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May 21 2008, 03:38 AM
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Has anyone else noticed that the science channel keeps running ads across the bottom of the screen for the landing of the Phoenix rover? Sigh.....
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May 21 2008, 03:54 AM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8783 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
You gotta be kidding me. (Have to admit I'm hooked on The Deadliest Catch, so watching that now...)
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May 28 2008, 12:55 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
I know I shouldn't laugh at this coverage of the Phoenix landing, seriously I do, but, well, I couldn't help it. It's inaccurate and disrespectful, and a part of me feels really guilty for laughing outloud like I did, but...
... and watch the little video at: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1211879.ece Shocking, I know, but DEFINITELY going to be used in my Phoenix talk on Saturday morning...! 
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May 28 2008, 01:29 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8783 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Funny, I admit...
...but one does have to wonder how much damage has been done to human progress over the millennia by mocking asses.
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May 28 2008, 01:31 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14431 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
BBC News did very well on Monday evening.
Phoenix will be on the surface for 90 days ( and then what, it's coming home? ) Jet engines helped it land on the surface ( what, like on a Jumbo Jet? ) It will look for signs of life ( this is pure fiction, coming from every side of the media, and it drives me bad ) Doug |
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May 28 2008, 01:34 PM
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The Poet Dude Group: Moderator Posts: 5551 Joined: 15-March 04 From: Kendal, Cumbria, UK Member No.: 60 |
I know, but The Sun isn't really a widely-read journal of popular science anyway, to be honest
 I just thought it was a bit of fun. Every other newspaper I've seen has supported the mission's objectives and covered the story really well, which was good to see.
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May 28 2008, 01:39 PM
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 Special Cookie Group: Members Posts: 2168 Joined: 6-April 05 From: Sintra | Portugal Member No.: 228 |
QUOTE (djellison @ May 28 2008, 02:31 PM) BBC News did very well on Monday evening. And Euronews also... I remember on the landing day morning they keep on repeating that Phoenix took nine years reach Mars...and no...it was not mpletaphorical... -------------------- "Ride, boldly ride," The shade replied, "If you seek for Eldorado!"
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May 28 2008, 01:40 PM
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QUOTE (djellison @ May 28 2008, 02:31 PM) BBC News did very well on Monday evening. Phoenix will be on the surface for 90 days ( and then what, it's coming home? ) Jet engines helped it land on the surface ( what, like on a Jumbo Jet? ) It will look for signs of life ( this is pure fiction, coming from every side of the media, and it drives me bad ) Doug I tend to ignore reporting on traditional news sites... the inaccurate reporting just annoys me too much.  I suppose they think it just doesn't matter, because people won't know any different. Although nothing quite compares to BBC's TV's News piece about a year ago on how Hubble had "fired a beam of light across the universe"
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May 28 2008, 01:42 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3648 Joined: 1-October 05 From: Croatia Member No.: 523 |
QUOTE (Sunspot @ May 28 2008, 03:40 PM) I tend to ignore reporting on traditional news sites... the inaccurate reporting just annoys me too much. I hear you, brother. I'm having seizures looking at how much crap local media puts out when it comes to astronomy. Just when I think they cannot possibly get any more ignorant, they redefine the boundary. My best advice now to friends reading astronomy news in the media is: DON'T. -------------------- |
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