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I still remember the Irish Comedien Dara O Brien descibing on a jodcast how he had to keep pulling Cox back from going proto nerd during one of the UK's Stargazing live shows the other year. I love that expression.
The likes of Cox engaging with the public on these uber outreach events, whether its a one off show or a high budget tv series, have a huge impact on their audiences. Apparently telescope sales trend big time on Amazon whilst the star gazing live shows are on..
Each telescope buyer in my view is a budding scientist and we need more of 'em. I was stunned into silence by my first encounter with a creationalist stating if you cant see the oort cloud, how can it possibly exist...sob...
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