I’m delighted to host the 42nd (42nd!) edition of the Carnival of Space, the largest and (even if we do say so ourselves) the best collection of astronomy and space writing on the web. Thanks to everyone who sent entries in – I had an excellent time sorting through them.
I thought we’d start as [...]
Posts made in February, 2008
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As you probably realised, my trip to Hawaii was more or less a complete washout. Of the four nights we had on the telescope, we made it to the summit for one and a half of them. The last night was the most depressing, when we sat there for hours waiting for fog to clear [...]
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Just got back to the UK – got very little from the observing run (more on which soon) – but Andy’s reporting that the UK is at least temporarily back in Gemini. The release from the board, here says negotiations are underway, but the important thing is that those astronomers who’d put so much effort [...]
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With Atlantis docked with the space station there’s no denying that manned spaceflight makes for compelling watching. The first spacewalk has been postponed due to a mystery (but non-life threatening) illness to astronaut Hans Schlegel, and blogger Damaris Sattia is reporting that there may be a problem with the thermal blanket on the shuttle.
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Whether you’re European or American, your space agency needs you to help rename a spacecraft. Europe first; the ExoMars rover is approaching another milestone in its long and complicated story, and it’s still five years from launch. ExoMars – ESA’s first rover – is now due to launch in 2013, carrying a suite of instruments [...]
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I’m delighted to finally be able to say that Bang! will be available in the US in April, published by Johns Hopkins University Press. More news when we get it!
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With space shuttle Atlantis having successfully reached orbit as the first of six planned shuttle flights this year, it seems a good time to return to my debate with Mark Hempsell about whether the UK should invest in the International Space Station. Following the first parts of our debate here and here, I asked Mark [...]
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All those who signed the astronomy petition on the Downing Street website will have received an email pointing them to the STFC press releases as a response from the government. The upshot of these not very clear documents is that nothing has changed; UK astronomy is still facing large cuts. It would have been nice [...]
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This week’s Carnival of Space is up over at Orbiting Frog….always worth a look.
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No telescopes open and more snow on the way. We could do some laundry for excitement, but are saving that for tomorrow in case we need more excitement then. Chris needs cheering up – please help!
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And in a rash moment, he gave posting access to his fellow observers, heheh… so
Chris Quote of the day: [...]