One Astronomer's Noise

This week’s carnival, number 146, is hosted by Simostronomy! I was particularly entertained by the submission from Alice’s AstroInfo, where she compares her own planetarium repair experiences to the last Hubble servicing mission. At the time of the STS-125 mission, I was in Green Bank climbing around on our antenna groundscreens again, doing repair work, remarking that my job was easier than the astronauts’ jobs in many ways, but at least they didn’t have to worry about finding a wasp nest inside Hubble. I found two on PAPER that day.

Tomorrow is a special blogging event… Ada Lovelace Day! I’m looking forward to reading all kinds of stories of trailblazing ladies in science and technology. My own post will go up tonight! It’s not too late to pledge if you want to write about a woman that has inspired you.

Also debuting tomorrow is a project by the lovely Heidi Anderson, SheThought.com. This is going to be a great place to discuss women, skepticism, and science. See you there!