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Dear all-

Because I don't think I mentioned it on FWIS yet, might I direct you towards the following of my latest and greatest:

- December 2013 issue of Astronomy has a really nice "where are they now?" thing on spacecraft. Minorly nice as I wrote up what happened to about 20 space missions after their primary missions were done, but mainly nice because wow they have awesome graphics guys at Astronomy!

- January 2013 issue of Sky & Telescope has an article called "tuning in to radio Jupiters" I believe is the final title we went for. All about how people are hoping to detect extrasolar planets via radio, complete with an info box explaining how Tesla might've been not-quite-that-insane when he claimed he heard radio signals from Martians (as Jupiter was above the horizon then). It went to the printer last week so guess there's a few weeks left until that one gets printed, but hey I'm mentioning it now before I forget.

Check 'em out!

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Times like these I almost wish we had a LIKE button or something similar like the thumbs up icon.

So awesome. I have to get to a bookstore and pick them up!

Rommie wrote: complete with an info box explaining how Tesla might've been not-quite-that-insane when he claimed he heard radio signals from Martians (as Jupiter was above the horizon then).

So there's aliens on Jupiter instead of Mars?

Reminds me of a short story by Asimov.

Congrats btw.

Buy Jupiter!

very cool!

Sigma_Orionis wrote:Buy Jupiter!

I'd rather sell.

SciFiFisher wrote:

Sigma_Orionis wrote:Buy Jupiter!

I'd rather sell.

Remember, when the Lamberj people show up, we can sell them Saturn at a much better price, rings and all

[MTR](Momentarily Thread Rerailment) Congrats Rommie! [/MTR]

Oh yeah, so I write for these guys now- Astrobites

Basically they started at Harvard as a bunch of grad students who take new scientific papers and summarize them at an undergraduate level. And they were looking for new writers, and I figured if I was doing all this writing on the side I should do something more scientifically legit- and practice never hurts.

Once a month gig (I say gig, but I don't get paid- theoretically a step back except one never gets paid for academic publishing anyway). Will post the first one when it happens.

wonderful news!

Expect extra sales...announced the magazine articles at last night's astro clcub meeting...and yes, I made much about (1) she's a Clevelander of sorts (2) I "know" her (albeit from teh intertubes). Ya gots ta do what ya can with what ya gots...

as a child I wanted to be what you achieved ... unfortunately physics proved too much for my brain cells. I plan on living vicariously through you for a long time.

cid wrote:Expect extra sales...announced the magazine articles at last night's astro clcub meeting...and yes, I made much about (1) she's a Clevelander of sorts (2) I "know" her (albeit from teh intertubes). Ya gots ta do what ya can with what ya gots...

Woohoo!

And thanks, y'all are too nice.

Just signed a contract for the next one, on supermassive stars. Guess I should actually start researching that one eh?

Rommie wrote:Just signed a contract for the next one, on supermassive stars. Guess I should actually start researching that one eh?

Yeah, better get to work, that is probably going to be a big project.

Swift wrote:

[THREAD DERAIL] I say we need the above smilie (and the one of the 'viking lady' opera singer) in our smilie collection!!! [/THREAD DERAIL]