Subscribe to our newsletter.
-
“At night the stars put on a show for free … And darling, you can share it all with me”
– Gerry Goffin, Carole King The great song writing duo Goffin and King with Up on the Roof, first recorded by Little Eva, the Drifters and many others. Do the lyrics “evinces a quiet sense of sadness, an urban dissatisfaction that moves beyond anything conceived by the rose-spectacled Tin Pan Alley writers of the early…
-
“The wondrous thing about science is that nobody knows the right answer.”
Dr. Becky Smethurst, Astrophysicist. Science Communicator. Author. The full quote from the preface of her book (Space at the Speed of Light: The History of 14 Billion Years for People Short on Time) is: “The wondrous thing about science is that nobody knows the right answer. This is not how we are taught science as…
-
“We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard; because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one we intend to win, and the others, too.”
Credit: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:President_Kennedy_-We_Choose_to_Go_to_the_Moon(29533458786).jpg Speaking of perserverance as I was (see here) the US effort on behalf of mankind in the 60s and 70s shows exactly what humanity is capable of. The video of President Kennedy’s still excites and sets the hair on the back of the neck: Credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=th5A6ZQ28pE PS: I love coffee. BuyMeACoffee, leave a message…
-
“Never give up, never surrender”
Jason Nesmith playing Cmdr. Peter Quincy Taggart (Tim Allen), Galaxy Quest Credit: https://media.giphy.com/media/2rIDTzizHRQv6/giphy.gif The best Star Trek movie never made! The quote is self-explanatory. Don’t give up when faced with roadblocks or challenges or if you hit problems. Also have the attitude to not give up and push through hardship. Because if we surrender at…
-
Are comets and shooting stars the same?
Caption: Perseid Meteor from UK 12-13 Aug 2021 (credit in ALT) I was asked this question during a recent talk on stargazing. Easy question to answer, was my first thought. I started with confirming that they were indeed different phenomena and went on to discuss where comets came from, their usual long orbits (unless they…
-
“Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds. To seek out new life and new civilizations. To boldly go where no man has gone before!”
– Gene Rodenberry (19 August 1921 – 24 October 1991) The opening lines of the most famous science fiction show ever made. Star Trek showcased many technologies that are now common place. It started at least one astronaut on her career. Lets all praise Nichelle Nicols. Credit: https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/3008fl/mae_jemison_the_first_black_astronaut_and/ The show presented a future that normalised…
Stargazing Guy 
.jpg){kind=link}
