Tag Archives: Money

Merry Fucking Christmas

Merry Fucking Christmas

I’m not one to engage in STFC politics – I’m far too vulnerable and ignorant as PhD student – but I can make a few observations about the UK’s impending funding disaster.

One Billion Dollars

One Billion Dollars

With the recent furore over LCROSS, the current STFC funding debacle and much recent discussion of manned spaceflight, I was reminded of this wonderful image showing the meaning of a billion dollars. It is relevant to astronomy because it puts into perspective where space exploration and research sit amongst several other massive enterprises.


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