Good point BD - I'll never be a professional astronomer, too much maths and physics for me and I don't fancy going back to study them again.
But I certainly wouldn't mind working in my current capacity but
around astronomy - that is, in the IT department at the AAO or something
And guys, enough with the english criticisms, he's only 15 and all 15 year olds on the 'net talk like that, in my experience from online gaming at least.
It's a consequence of the SMS and IM generation.