For me, the event that ignited the interest in space, astronomy, physics and such was this single interview i saw on David Letterman while flippin through the channels

http://homepage.mac.com/onegoodmove/...iangreene.html




..................BUT I WARN YOU!!!! BEWARE OF GREENE'S LAUGH!!!

Einstein's Relativity broke the ice for me. How I ended up learning so much QM is beyond me.

Apollo

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interesting........and may i ask how these interests have/are affected your life? because im just 14 and i dont know where all this will take me

When we landed on Mars in 1976 and a full-size photo of the terrain graced the front page of our newspaper. Pretty mindblowing stuff for a 13-year-old

Heck, I've always just thought that space is neat...

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for me I accidentally came across a webpage that was giving quatantive data about a star. It gave a whole host of information about the star. I wondered how do they know that since we have never been there.

The answer was math and lots of it. So I learned it, and never stopped since?

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Since there are so many galaxies in the universe does any one mind if I claim one? I need a place to put my stuff.

A bit classic, but Saturn

Yeah, me too. Whatever it was that sparked my interest happened before I can remember.

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You can't take the sky from me.

At the age of four I saw Dr. Zarkoff in tights. Actually it was:

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Sputnik

Of course.

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I knew it would happen eventually...

I used to be the youngest on this forum... times have changed... funny how that happens...

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Planet of the Apes

Just looking up at night and picturing what an incredible vast thing was there.

Great clip, thanks for sharing it with me.

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I was almost 6 years old when Sojourner first drove on mars. I saw all the images on TV, and I think at that point I really became interested in space and all these stuff.
My interest in astronomy/Big Bang/Universe started when I joined the BAUT.

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i remember seeing the first shuttle liftoff on tv. i was staying at my granpdparents house and they wanted me to watch it.
maybe that's why i still think the shuttle is so damn cool...
i think i was 6 or so years old at the time..

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I can´t remember. It seems I was born with it.

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Ditto Argos

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No idea what sparked my interest, but I do know my first words were "See moon?" Guess I was born with the astronomy bug.

I think '2001' and its sequal got me particular interested in the Jovian system.

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Godspeed, John Glenn. - Scott Carpenter

And these atomic bombs that science burst upon the world that night were strange even to the men that used them.
- H.G Wells, The World Set Free

To the conspiracy crowd, radiation is a big Boogey Man that inspires terror and death in all who encounter it. - JayUtah

Appolo Missions --> Desire to be astronaut when I grew up.

Viking --> Piqued interest in science.

Space shuttle --> Quashed any remaining interest in being an astronaut.

Voyagers --> Intensified interest in science and desire to become aerospace engineer.

Halley's comet --> Intensified an interest that was already there in observing the night time sky.

End of cold war --> Major collapse of aerospace industry - maybe mechanical engineering would be more versatile while still allowing the possibility of getting into aerospace down the road.

Employment in a field almost, but not quite, completely unrelated to aerospace + wife, kids --> Mostly forgot about astronomy/space for over a decade.

Mars rovers --> Reminded me of what I was missing.

Cassini --> Brought the flame back to a roaring fire.

I majord in physics in college. In the summer of 1996, I was doing research in atomic physics. Other students in my program were doing astronomy research--specifically Mars and galactic astronomy. I don't quite remember the specifics of the galactic, but the Mars research was using HST imags from the 1995 Opposition. I was much more interested in their research than mine! It was then I knew I wanted to go into a career of astronomy. So I guess I'm coming up to my 10-year astronomy anniversary this summer!!