... UFOs and Fringe Science . ... Paul asks if I believe that statements on UFOs by astronauts such as Major Gordon Cooper, Ed White, James McDivitt, Dr Edgar Mitchell, James Lovell and Frank Borman count as evidence for the reality of alien spaceships.I certainly do not.Every human, no matter how well educated or trained, is capable of error or eccentricity.There is also the distressing propensity of ufologists to selectively quote, exaggerate or misquote astronauts to boost their case. ... Reply . ...

... 1, Garching, D-85748, Germany (adorf@mpe.mpg.de) . ... Narsipur S. Amarnath, Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, U.S.A. (amar@astro.umd.edu) . ... Carla Avelans, European Southern Observatory, Karl-Schwarzschild-Str.2, Garching, D-85748, Germany (cavelans@eso.org) . ... Sanjay Bhatnagar, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, USA, P.O. Box 'O', 1003 Lopezville Road, Socorro, New Mexico 87801, U.S.A. (sbhatnag@aoc.nrao.edu) . ... France (debray@obs-besancon.fr) . ...

... During the past spring and summer, the eyes of the astronomical community were riveted on the dramatic news of the Hubble Space Telescope ( HST ). ... to an error at the company that manufactured its pioneering mirror, the telescope had a major flaw. ... How does the mirror flaw affect the working of the telescope? ... For Further Information The Hubble Space Telescope is the largest and most complex telescope ever put into orbit. ... Smith, R. The Space Telescope . ...

... Bad Astronomy . ... Movies . ... SPOILER WARNING! ... So again thanks for the input, but at this point I will consider this review done, if not complete. Here's the short version: "Armageddon" got some astronomy right. For example, there is an asteroid in the movie, and asteroids do indeed exist. ... First off, there are no asteroids in the solar system that big. ... I have hashed this out in my review of the movie "Asteroid" as well. ... Using Hubble is a big deal in these types of movies. ...