Comments on: The Universe tours the solar system http://www.starstryder.com/2007/09/17/the-universe-tours-the-solar-system/ Blogging one sidereal day at a time Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:50:48 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Ed http://www.starstryder.com/2007/09/17/the-universe-tours-the-solar-system/comment-page-1/#comment-8838 Ed Wed, 19 Sep 2007 03:43:37 +0000 http://www.starstryder.com/2007/09/17/the-universe-tours-the-solar-system/#comment-8838 Well, NASA keeps sending probes the planets and moons, they might as well make shows about it. Obviously there's more to learn, and personally, anything that jump starts people's imagination in science is positive. With that said, on tonight on the History channel, is "Mega Disasters", starring Gamma Ray Bursts. Haven't seen it yet, so I don't know how much of it science versus "We can die at any second" type stuff, but it's set on my DVR. Well, NASA keeps sending probes the planets and moons, they might as well make shows about it. Obviously there’s more to learn, and personally, anything that jump starts people’s imagination in science is positive.

With that said, on tonight on the History channel, is “Mega Disasters”, starring Gamma Ray Bursts. Haven’t seen it yet, so I don’t know how much of it science versus “We can die at any second” type stuff, but it’s set on my DVR.

]]> By: Richard B. Drumm http://www.starstryder.com/2007/09/17/the-universe-tours-the-solar-system/comment-page-1/#comment-8811 Richard B. Drumm Tue, 18 Sep 2007 20:11:33 +0000 http://www.starstryder.com/2007/09/17/the-universe-tours-the-solar-system/#comment-8811 Bummer that you'll be loosing your biggest sponsor. I'll just have to send some dough your way to make up for it... I wonder if the NOAO EPO division would step into the void? Rich Bummer that you’ll be loosing your biggest sponsor. I’ll just have to send some dough your way to make up for it…
I wonder if the NOAO EPO division would step into the void?
Rich

]]> By: Kat http://www.starstryder.com/2007/09/17/the-universe-tours-the-solar-system/comment-page-1/#comment-8800 Kat Tue, 18 Sep 2007 16:41:20 +0000 http://www.starstryder.com/2007/09/17/the-universe-tours-the-solar-system/#comment-8800 i'm so glad i'm no tthe only one who noticed this. i was excited for "the universe" series. i tuned in every week hoping that THIS would be the week they talk about something outside the solar system. after 6 episodes i gave up on it. i don't know how they were allowed to call it the universe. they might as well have called it "britney spears and the magical ride to ponyland". i’m so glad i’m no tthe only one who noticed this. i was excited for “the universe” series. i tuned in every week hoping that THIS would be the week they talk about something outside the solar system. after 6 episodes i gave up on it. i don’t know how they were allowed to call it the universe. they might as well have called it “britney spears and the magical ride to ponyland”.

]]> By: Quasar9 http://www.starstryder.com/2007/09/17/the-universe-tours-the-solar-system/comment-page-1/#comment-8779 Quasar9 Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:20:35 +0000 http://www.starstryder.com/2007/09/17/the-universe-tours-the-solar-system/#comment-8779 "But cosmology is sexy, and sex sells too. High-energy astrophysics has a bling bling twinkle - what other stars shine as brightly as a hypernova letting off a blast of gamma rays?" lol Pamela, sex sells, and cosmic explosions & gamma-rays are more than just sexy, well almost 'orgasmic' I think like with everything time lapse photography is catching, you know a plant sprouting and growing, a flower opening in seconds ... the same with simulations, a milky way ungolding - two galaxies crashing and merging(?) and of course a supernova in apparently slow (fast) motion, but hey I love fireworks In fact I love fireworks slowed to half speed best, appearing to just hang in the sky like a nebula full of starburst. But that's just me. “But cosmology is sexy, and sex sells too. High-energy astrophysics has a bling bling twinkle – what other stars shine as brightly as a hypernova letting off a blast of gamma rays?”

lol Pamela, sex sells, and cosmic explosions & gamma-rays are more than just sexy, well almost ‘orgasmic’
I think like with everything time lapse photography is catching, you know a plant sprouting and growing, a flower opening in seconds …
the same with simulations, a milky way ungolding – two galaxies crashing and merging(?) and of course a supernova in apparently slow (fast) motion, but hey I love fireworks

In fact I love fireworks slowed to half speed best, appearing to just hang in the sky like a nebula full of starburst.
But that’s just me.

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