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Word is that Mary Cleave's successor as director of Science Mission at NASA has been announced.
And that it is Alan Stern. PI of the New Horizons mission enroute to Pluto right now. (ignore really annoying soundtrack) (ahem, admire really interesting soundtrack)
De gustibus non est disputandum, eh…
the 26th of January, 2007 at 8pm EST
is when Cycle 16(!) Hubble Space Telescope proposals are due
Hope you remembered to update your Astronomer Proposal Tools vs 16,
and you will want your new latex science justification templates
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Larry Moran is unhappy with me. This is fine; I knew that posting "On the need for grownups" would get people angry, and it did. I hoped it would spark some productive discussion, and it has, at least via email.
What bothers me is that the reasons Larry is upset seem to entirely misconstrue…
That's someone's idea of a photo finnish ;¬)
I know, I know, it's Icelandic, but a pun is a pun.
My favourite of these would be NGC 1275 which has now been tracked down and made my desktop wallpaper.
Overall, my favourite astronomy pics would have included the europan volcanos and the martian dust devils, but what do I know.