Just before the holidays, I had the opportunity to do a little driveway stargazing with a guest from Syria. His hometown is just outside the city of Homs, actually, and if you read or listen to just a little news you know his people are going through a very, very hard time. Getting shot in [...]
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Two Self-Portraits (of planet Earth)
Posted by DougReilly on January 3, 2012
http://punkastronomy.com/2012/01/03/two-self-portraits-of-planet-earth/
Musings on Space Exploration
I was thinking today about space exploration, and the doldrums we are, and have been, in, ever since the last Apollo astronauts lifted off from the moon last century. Actually, I wasn’t thinking, I was arguing. In my head. With the countless people who dismiss the space program as a pointless waste of money or [...]
Posted by DougReilly on August 25, 2010
http://punkastronomy.com/2010/08/25/musings-on-space-exploration/
The Race (back) to the Moon
Sky and Telescope is one of the major monthly publications for amateur astronomers; it has a long history, some very talented writers, photographers and artists, and a long list of big corporate advertisers. They’re a serious bunch of people who do a lot for the amateur hobby, the professional science, and a general public that [...]
Posted by DougReilly on June 15, 2009
http://punkastronomy.com/2009/06/15/space-race-vs-space-war/
Main Moon and Saturn’s Moons
It wasn’t a very good weekend in this are for 100 Hours of Astronomy. But Sunday night it cleared up, and I packed the old white telescope into the old white Honda and headed downtown. Or should I say ‘ghost town’? For a while my first visitor was a cat. She was wary of me, [...]
Posted by DougReilly on April 23, 2009
http://punkastronomy.com/2009/04/23/main-moon-and-saturns-moons/
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