tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10292815.post5408016515059671285..comments2023-11-05T04:21:08.093-08:00Comments on I Was Just Thinking: Giving "Billions and Billions" A Whole New Meaning...littlemissattitudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09826943351455750612noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10292815.post-62824008814166403452009-12-15T11:58:06.232-08:002009-12-15T11:58:06.232-08:00I've always loved looking at the night sky, an...I've always loved looking at the night sky, and these sorts of photos always intrigue me.<br /><br />And maybe it's because I was brought up to be a science fiction fan, but my thoughts when I see a photo like that one is always to wonder...what's gone on out there, or is going on out there.<br /><br />I also subscribe to the saying (and I can't remember who said it first, although it might have been Arthur C. Clarke), "The universe is not only stranger than we imagine; it's stranger than we can imagine."<br /><br />And, yeah, calculating the national debit is just depressing, while looking at the stars is, for me at least, exhilirating.littlemissattitudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09826943351455750612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10292815.post-10698053935026627332009-12-13T06:06:41.228-08:002009-12-13T06:06:41.228-08:00That is so cool!!!
My kids are really interested ...That is so cool!!!<br /><br />My kids are really interested in astronomy (and big numbers) these days, so we've been following Hubble's research. It's certainly a funner example for contemplating big numbers than calculating the national debt...C. L. Hansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12698855413639518095noreply@blogger.com