The life astronomy improves is your own

By Michael on June 3, 2008 at 10:55 pm | In Blog Posts, cosmology | No Comments

Hi.

I just came back from the astro-drinking-blogger meetup. It was a lot of fun. With apologies to the people my brain is too dim to name individually, there was a very nice group of people there including Phil, Pamela, Chris, Sean, Nick and Nancy.

I’ve had a couple of beers, if you’ll excuse me, but we are really lucky to have such a thriving and friendly community of astro-blogging. Note I don’t mean the bloggers, I mean you, the people who enjoy reading about astronomy.

The life astronomy improves is your own. I hear over and over from people — one of the major joys of astronomy are the human connections that we weave together. Understanding the universe is a compelling and important goal and I don’t understand why all people aren’t astronomers. Then I remember — they are. Everyone loves astronomy because you have to be bat-sh*t crazy to not appreciate the wonder, beauty and complexity of the universe.

So here’s a toast to you, Mr. and Ms. Astronomy Enthusiast. We aren’t just on a quest, we are on a quest together. It’s a lot of fun.