We don't normally publish political articles here on Universe Today, but I'm going to make an exception here after watching last night's presidential debate because a.) John McCain mentioned something about a planetarium, which is an area of interest for UT readers, and b.) McCain obviously had no idea what he was talking about. [...]

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My assignment pad for school has a place where you can write a quote that you'll see all week. Right now it's "Planetariums are NOT foolishness!"

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I want to go back to the moon.
I don't care which rocket you use, whichever one you pick, I'll like it, I swear.
"If you think the LHC will create black holes, you might as well believe Hobbits are at the bottom of your garden."- Dr. Mike Inglis
Rovers forever! - ToSeek

With the loss of true night sky for so many people, the simulacrum possible in a good, modern planetarium may be the only close substitute.

I don't know how to place a dollar value on such things. But a few years ago I took the family to the Oregon Star Party. Luckily the weather was perfect, and my Manhattan-raised wife just sat there for I don't know how long, looking at the Milky Way from horizon to horizon, enchanted.

I don't know how to put poetry into someone's soul. But as Dunsany wrote,"Man is a small thing, and the night is very large, and full of wonders.''

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If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about the answers.

Much like caviar or balut, I find Mr. Plait's story linked to in the UT article...interesting.

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In your rush to call everyone "entrenched" or closed-minded or "limited" you fail to note that the "limit" here has a very natural boundary: that point at which the evidence stops. - JayUtah

Science fiction was never meant to be an educational tool. - Editor Amazing Tales