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by texgeekboy
Mon May 25, 2009 3:12 pm
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: Naming of the JWST
Replies: 5
Views: 754

Re: Naming of the JWST

aristarchusinexile wrote:...Furthermore, I've never seen a bridge or river named "Waterunderthebridge" .. so ..
uh...ok.

Your first comments did provide a historical precedent for gardening. Are you aware of any precedents for NASA naming similar things?
by texgeekboy
Mon May 25, 2009 2:53 pm
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: Naming of the JWST
Replies: 5
Views: 754

Naming of the JWST

I didn't see this as a topic, so I thought I would post it. I'm disappointed that the telescope was named for a NASA administrator. I read his bio, and he undoubtedly did great things in moving NASA during its early years. However, naming the telescope after a non-astronomer seems wrong. The NASA si...
by texgeekboy
Sat Sep 08, 2007 3:27 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Message in a Bottle (08 Sep 2007)
Replies: 12
Views: 7147

What I don't understand is that the phonograph record doesn't have a hole in the middle.