Monthly Archives: April 2010

“Farscape”

Posted on 29 April 2010 by josephshoer

One of my friends recently dumped his collection of “Farscape” on me, and I just finished up with the finale miniseries  yesterday. I think the show got off to a slow start. It took me a good number of episodes … Continue reading →

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In Which I Disagree with the Smartest Man on the Planet

Posted on 26 April 2010 by josephshoer

Stephen Hawking has been in the news recently for saying that aliens will likely be hostile to us poor Earthlings. In a series for the Discovery Channel the renowned astrophysicist said it was “perfectly rational” to assume intelligent life exists … Continue reading →

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Astronauts in space

Posted on 17 April 2010 by josephshoer

The Space Shuttle mission which just undocked from the International Space Station, STS-131, has beamed down from orbit some great photos of astronauts in space. This is a wonderful chance for us stuck planetside to remind ourselves that we have … Continue reading →

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Some brief comments on President Obama’s NASA speech

Posted on 15 April 2010 by josephshoer

While President Obama’s speech this afternoon wasn’t a slam-bang Kennedyesque dream vision, I thought he expressed some good ideas. Of course, there aren’t too many substantial differences between the plan we heard and the plan Charlie Bolden presented in February; … Continue reading →

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Hey, Joe! What’s your research about?

Posted on 6 April 2010 by josephshoer

I recently spent over a week in full research-promotion mode, and I’m finding it tough to switch back into research-doing mode. Coincidentally, I don’t think I’ve actually written a blog about my graduate research yet, though I’ve put descriptions of … Continue reading →

Posted in Graduate school, Research, Science, Space | 10 Comments

Who needs an SLR?

Posted on 5 April 2010 by josephshoer

This past Saturday, I biked to upper Robert Treman State Park with some friends. Lots of hills between the lower and upper parks! I brought along my little Canon PowerShot SD1000 – a pretty simple point-and-shoot – and GorillaPod. This … Continue reading →

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