Jack; Remind me, what is the date of the Mars Party at T-bird? I will make up a flyer; Steve Coe -----Original Message----- From: az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:az-observing-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jack Jones Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 10:09 PM To: az-observing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [AZ-Observing] Re: Mars Orbiting Sim Call it the calm before the storm. When the Mars thing hits in Sept = we'll have our hands full. The T-Bird party is going to be fantastic, as well as = all the other "Mars events". Wonderful! Been a while since we've had something exceptional to show. A lot of kids, adults, students, people in general = will be introduced to Astronomy and possibly stick with it and maybe get into = a great hobby or career, or at least have a better appreciation and = knowledge of things scientific. And when it's over, many may not, unfortunately, but = look at all the nice telescopes that will be for sale - cheap! :-) Jack > Jack has it down just right. This is such an egregiously stupid = internet > post, it's amazing to me that anybody would take it seriously. It > started out as a mis-interpretation of an otherwise good posting. But = I > suppose it just mirrors the public's lack of knowledge about how > telescopes work and astronomy in general. I agree we have sort of a > responsibility to try to set folks right. I have not had many = inquiries > about this (yet!), at least not to the extent that Jack reports..... > Hopefully folks will enjoy themselves at the T-Bird Park star party!! > Gene > (17250) > > >>Jack Jones wrote: > > >You have it exactly right Rick. I've fielded dozens of inquiries, = from work, > >home and family back in Illinois. Below is my response to them, use = as you > >wish, and also an example of the offending email going around, minus = the > >side-by-side 'comparison'. > >Jack > > > >[earlier stuff snipped -- GAL] -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and = please=20 send personal replies to the author, not the list. -- See message header for info on list archives or unsubscribing, and please send personal replies to the author, not the list.