[that_guy (Tony)]

I know theres a discussion about this in another thread but i wanted to start a new one and discuss why people dont get astronomy. My friend at school asked me why i bother wasting thousands of dollars on gear just to look at some fuzzy patch thats already been discovered and observed... i always respond to, why do you play guitar when someone with better equipment and better talent played the same music your playing? and my brother always says, why do you waste money on all this crap when you can look at it on the internet? " thats like saying why do you play music when you can listen to it?" they are always speechless after that... haha
and my other friend says "wats the point of studying space at all? it doesnt affect us directly" and i respond "wats the point of studying evolution and archeology when it doesnt affect us directly?" again, speechless respond haha but they always always ask me over and over again... i just dont get them???

cheers
tony