# Bad Astronomer was on NPR today! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 1, 2002, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-astronomer-was-on-npr-today/111817 "2002-06-01T00:28:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2002, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-astronomer-was-on-npr-today/111817/1 "2002-06-01T00:28:18Z")
I heard you on [Tech Nation](http://www.technation.com/) today and I just wanted to drop a quick note to let you know I thought you were great! They should give you your own show 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Bad\_Astronomer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@The\_Bad\_Astronomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Bad_Astronomer)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2002, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-astronomer-was-on-npr-today/111817/2 "2002-06-01T02:57:05Z")
Figures. I missed it. 😉 Thanks though. Maybe someday I will get my own show. Keep those letters coming! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![butter\_pie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@butter\_pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/butter_pie)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2002, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-astronomer-was-on-npr-today/111817/3 "2002-06-01T06:50:32Z")
I want to be on NPR. ---
**Author:** ![Nenya\_Elizabeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ea5d25/32.png) [@Nenya\_Elizabeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nenya_Elizabeth)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2002, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-astronomer-was-on-npr-today/111817/4 "2002-06-01T11:17:58Z")
Wow, BA, you are sure getting around. 🙂 Good stuff. I gotta come back and haunt your messageboard again one of these days. Heh, I almost miss Piper…gah! Heresy. Does JW still come around? Memories, memories… ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2002, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-astronomer-was-on-npr-today/111817/5 "2002-06-01T19:34:17Z")
Just to _prove_ how very impressed I was, I just ordered your book through [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com). I can’t wait for it to get here 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Bad\_Astronomer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@The\_Bad\_Astronomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Bad_Astronomer)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2002, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-astronomer-was-on-npr-today/111817/6 "2002-06-01T20:38:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gr8Kat \* > \*\*Just to _prove_ how very impressed I was, I just ordered your book through [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com). \*\* Only one copy? 😉 It is just now about to go into the second printing. I am going to a symposium tonight where I will be seeing if anyone who teaches Astronomy 101 around the country might want it as a supplement to the text… I am shameless. ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2002, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-astronomer-was-on-npr-today/111817/7 "2002-06-01T22:19:29Z")
Oh, and they usually archive discussions on [NPR.org](http://NPR.org), so we may all be able to listen. Groovy! Zette ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2002, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-astronomer-was-on-npr-today/111817/8 "2002-06-01T22:57:45Z")
Way to go, \*\*TBA[/]! I just had some sad news; my old astronomy professor, Dr. Art Davidson at Johns Hopkins, passed away far too young of cancer. When I was his student, he showed me some stuff he was building for the (yet unlaunched) space telescope. It was cool. Now my daughter is going to Johns Hopkins this fall, to study Physics, with an eye towards possible astrophysics. Any advice?