Although I'd never expect all of the professional physicists and astronomers to try to cover the vast amount of knowledge contained in either subject area, I certainly appreciate it when one them starts a thread like the one Nereid started and cited above or the 'Common Relativity misperceptions' thread Ken G started and wish there was an index to such threads that could either be called up by a BAUTer who wanted to learn something or may be referenced by a mainstreamer in case of need during a discussion in ATM-land. That said, I am trying to do my own homework as much as possible, 'getting me to the library' as time and life allows.

BAUT is certainly educational but should not be expected to provide one's entire education on space science/physics/astronomy/whatever.

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