Comments on: Dr. Carolyn Porco: So Much More Awesome Than Anyone http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/dr-carolyn-porco-so-much-more-awesome-than-anyone Seriously, this could not be more beta Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:36:35 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: DorothyMantooth http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/dr-carolyn-porco-so-much-more-awesome-than-anyone#comment-23959 DorothyMantooth Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:53:41 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=13202#comment-23959 She is in all earnestness my hero. Also, Huygens is really fun to say! She is in all earnestness my hero.

Also, Huygens is really fun to say!

]]> By: En Vague http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/dr-carolyn-porco-so-much-more-awesome-than-anyone#comment-23928 En Vague Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:03:31 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=13202#comment-23928 A star that burns twice as bright can only burn for half as long. A star that burns twice as bright can only burn for half as long.

]]> By: CaptainFantastic http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/dr-carolyn-porco-so-much-more-awesome-than-anyone#comment-23892 CaptainFantastic Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:58:56 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=13202#comment-23892 Pretty cool, but does she beat Keef in comas awoken from? Pretty cool, but does she beat Keef in comas awoken from?

]]> By: Chairman Meow http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/dr-carolyn-porco-so-much-more-awesome-than-anyone#comment-23882 Chairman Meow Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:41:42 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=13202#comment-23882 Rutger Hauer's interlocutor looks weirdly like Thomas Friedman at 0:19 - you can almost make out a mustache and black turtleneck - but then you realize that's actually Harrison Ford. Rutger Hauer's interlocutor looks weirdly like Thomas Friedman at 0:19 – you can almost make out a mustache and black turtleneck – but then you realize that's actually Harrison Ford.

]]> By: ADRIAN http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/dr-carolyn-porco-so-much-more-awesome-than-anyone#comment-23881 ADRIAN Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:37:03 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=13202#comment-23881 True story: As a hugely nerdy 12 year-old I put my signature on a DVD that was attached to the Cassini spacecraft when it launched back in 1997: http://www.planetary.org/explore/topics/space_missions/cassini_huygens/dvd.html I was all like, ALIENS MIGHT READ MY SIGNATURE! True story: As a hugely nerdy 12 year-old I put my signature on a DVD that was attached to the Cassini spacecraft when it launched back in 1997:

http://www.planetary.org/explore/topics/space_missions/cassini_huygens/dvd.html

I was all like, ALIENS MIGHT READ MY SIGNATURE!

]]> By: mathnet http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/dr-carolyn-porco-so-much-more-awesome-than-anyone#comment-23878 mathnet Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:34:01 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=13202#comment-23878 400 years ago we saw Saturn's rings in three dimensions? 400 years ago we saw Saturn's rings in three dimensions?

]]> By: sigerson http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/dr-carolyn-porco-so-much-more-awesome-than-anyone#comment-23873 sigerson Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:31:01 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=13202#comment-23873 NASA-astronomer-hot? NASA-astronomer-hot?

]]> By: johnpseudonym http://www.theawl.com/2009/09/dr-carolyn-porco-so-much-more-awesome-than-anyone#comment-23859 johnpseudonym Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:03:06 +0000 http://www.theawl.com/?p=13202#comment-23859 Bang. Bang.

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