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Q: How many economists does it take to change a lightbulb? A: Eight. One to screw it in and seven to hold everything else constant.... Read More

Q: How many astronomers does it take to change a light bulb? A: None, astronomers prefer the dark. Q: How many radio astronomers does it take to change a light bulb? A: None. They are not interested in that short wave stuff.... Read More

Despite the near flawless achievements of nasa's pathfinder mission, two things caught my eye: * There was a potentially significant modem-synchronizing problem between sojourner and pathfinder early on in the mission. * The first images the mars pathfinder transmitted back to earth came at a mere 2,250 bps. Perhaps the scientists at jpl should use a local Internet provider instead of relying America online, eh?... Read More

One question has bugged me, how did they get it to land the right way up? The answer is obvious, it's applied Murphy’s law, and they covered one side with butter.... Read More

Recently the hubble space telescope* conducted a series of observations of mars, to monitor dust storm clouds and other seasonal phenomena on mars. Some of these observations were taken in parallel with observations of the martian atmosphere from below by the imager for mars pathfinder (imp) from the sagan memorial station. Which led to one institute stiffer softly singing: I’ve looked at clouds from both sides now from up and down and still somehow...... Read More

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