Hi,
Pandemonium
There is a deeper current running in all of this of course. Prof Cox is an ideal ambassador for cosmology and astronomy just now because he is popular with us public. I like watching his programs, and if I wasn't already, would then be turned onto thinking about the cosmos.
So what I mean is, in an era when NASA is suffering budget cuts in proposed programs
http://www.space.com/20622-nasa-budg...ence-2014.html
and telescope design programs face similar long term cuts
http://www.livescience.com/26096-nsf...uncertain.html
a bit of popularisation by Prof Cox is really good, if it encourages US committeepersons to think there is a vote or two in it.
What do you think? Can he influence the moneybags?
Cheers