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Apr 12th, 2008
Comments(1) BAA/AAVSO Day 2: Women & MenEarlier today I was talking with Rebecca Turner, another alumni of Slacker Astronomy and a staff member of the AAVSO. She and I are about the same age and often have our hair dyed the same random shades of red (I’ve let myself go to a boring auburn this semester). Looking around the room of […] Read more...
Mar 10th, 2008
Comments(15) Michael Griffin ReduxThe last time I reported on Michael Griffin I was at AAS and he was addressing us (the astronomy community) on the future of astronomy missions (space missions focusing on stuff outside of our solar system). Today he will address the planetary science community (and a few stray astronomers like me) on the future […] Read more...
Feb 24th, 2008
Comments(1) Getting involved! (and maybe even meet me :) )Want to get involved in taking data? Visiting with researchers? Getting others looking up? Here are some ways:
Jan 28th, 2008
Comments(9) Remembering the Space Shuttle ChallengerSometime this weekend I looked up at my calendar and realized, “I didn’t hear the Space Shuttle Challenger mentioned at all this weekend.” Twenty-Two years ago today, during middle school lunch block on the East coast, the Space Shuttle Challenger lifted off from Cape Canaveral with a crew of 6 astronauts and one schoolteacher from […] Read more...
Oct 30th, 2007
Comments(13) Return to the MoonThe last time man walked on the moon I wasn’t alive.
May 30th, 2007
Comments(5) Giving AAS a Face
Apr 11th, 2007
Comments(3) Dorrit Hoffleit, 1907-2007
This video is from an interview done in July of 2006 and re-editted yesterday. July 2006 Interview with E. Dorrit Hoffleit:Read more...
Jan 8th, 2007
Comments(4) Dorrit Hoffleit Video
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There is an excellant 
She turned 100 on March 12 and passed away after a breif illness on April 9. She was sharp and witty and active all the way to the end. Many people have written about her, but I think her personal words describe her the best: “I do it because I like it. … . [Astronomy], it’s my life.”
Today I presented a video on perhaps the oldest living Ph.D. level female astromer in the world: Dr. E. Dorrit Hoffleit. At age 99, she was still brillent in mind and voice in this interview.