Schidt Cassegrans, Mars Polar Landers, Wine Finders -- you guys totally made my day -- I needed a good belly laugh. Thanks! I second Michael's sentiments here, this scope is definitely a work of art. I also let my S&T subscription lapse (though I may change my mind any day now -- having some withdrawal...) --- Michael Carnes <MichaelCarnes@earthlink.net> wrote:
Michael, I'll certainly write up the scope article, but S&T doesn't seem interested in craftsmanship these days, for the most part. They want either projects made by clever adaptation of home-improvement center materials, with minimal rework, or digitally-related hardware. That's a bummer (probably explains in part why I didn't feel particularly bad about letting my subscription lapse this year). If S&T doesn't go for it, then at least it might find a home on the Cloudy Nights website or someplace like that. ATM'ing for inexpensive scopes is pretty dead since you can buy a perfectly good little Chinese scope for short $$$. But I think people still enjoy seeing elegant design and craftsmanship. Your stuff more than merits that description.
_______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com
http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy
Visit the Photo Gallery: http://www.utahastronomy.com
____________________________________________________________________________________ Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate in the Yahoo! Answers Food & Drink Q&A. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545367