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 Nov 13 2007, 11:20 AM
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I like Dr. Carl Sagan. I am too young to have remembered his time alive (Billions and billions!) but admire his legacy in promoting and popularizing astronomy and science. He was one of the founders of the Planetary Society, worked on the Viking missions, wrote a lot of cool books like Contact, and made brilliant hypothesises about aspects of the solar system, like Titan and Europa have liquid oceans.
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Nov 13 2007, 06:42 PM
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Percival Lowell. He may have been utterly wrong about a lot of things, but his energy prompted a rennaissance in the field that launched modern astronomy.
-the other Doug -------------------- “The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.” -Mark Twain
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Geographer Favorite astronomer? Nov 13 2007, 11:20 AM
ngunn Fred Hoyle - for sheer breadth of vision and refus... Nov 13 2007, 02:54 PM PhilCo126 Another difficult choice, but my favorite astronom... Nov 13 2007, 03:10 PM Stu I'm torn between Carl Sagan and Patrick Moore.... Nov 13 2007, 04:48 PM
MahFL Patrick Moore. Nov 13 2007, 04:53 PM The Messenger Alex Fillipenko
If you get a chance to hear him l... Nov 13 2007, 05:52 PM climber Tycho Brahe. "Look Ma, no hand" oups : n... Nov 13 2007, 08:33 PM nprev Carl's always gonna have a special place in my... Nov 14 2007, 01:03 AM GregM . Nov 14 2007, 03:01 AM AndyG QUOTE (GregM @ Nov 14 2007, 03:01 AM) Oh ... Nov 14 2007, 09:34 AM NGC3314 I nominate Fritz Zwicky. Essentially discovered da... Nov 14 2007, 03:38 PM Bernard William Herschel,
The first to understand that th... Nov 14 2007, 07:42 PM tty Since Herschel is already taken I'll nominate ... Nov 14 2007, 10:46 PM PhilCo126 Talking about Galileo Galilei, in 2 years time we... Nov 15 2007, 03:43 PM edstrick My favorite Planetary Geologist is Gene Shoemaker ... Nov 16 2007, 09:42 AM jasedm Great question - difficult to answer!
I'm ... Nov 18 2007, 05:54 PM PhilCo126 Talking about Carl Sagan, next week it's alrea... Dec 12 2007, 04:10 PM Phil Stooke jasedm:
"Patrick Moore - His moon maps were ... Dec 12 2007, 05:44 PM jasedm full inline quote removed - Doug
I'm prepared... Dec 18 2007, 07:12 PM rogelio Galileo easily.
He was privileged to be the first... Dec 18 2007, 07:52 PM David Giovanni Schiaparelli. Okay, so he was mistaken a... Dec 19 2007, 12:27 PM J.J. Like a few others, I'll break them down by pro... Dec 22 2007, 11:17 PM PhilCo126 Edwin Hubble on US post stamp:
http://www.usps.com... Mar 9 2008, 04:58 PM Bill Harris Favorite astronomer?
Brian Skiff if alive. E.E.... Mar 15 2008, 07:30 PM imipak For the "unsung giants" category I nomin... Mar 15 2008, 08:55 PM nprev REALLY like all the Sagan stamp designs; I hope th... Mar 17 2008, 02:06 AM ilbasso Shame to make those Sagan stamps $0.41 stamps... Mar 17 2008, 03:30 AM nprev Yeah...I'd say that a Sagan stamp should be wo... Mar 17 2008, 03:39 AM |
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