Thanks Chuck, but I have other writing projects. The only astronomical project going on with me is trying to get my telescope collimated. Since May 1, I've gone to the western desert and set up three times, only to have collimation problems foul up every trip. Then I would give up and try to sleep. Ever sleep on an umbrella? Turned out that my discomfort was because an umbrella was folded up in the Jeep, under the foam pad where I was trying to sleep. ------------------------------ On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 11:32 AM MDT Seth Jarvis wrote:
My 2 cents here:
Seth MacFarlane said his goal was to reach an audience that _wasn't_ already enthusiastic about astronomy. His and Tyson's mission is to communicate the human connections to science, and science's impact on society.
MacFarlane chose FOX because 1) he has a lot of pull with them, and 2) it's exactly the network/timeslot he needed to make the biggest impact on the general public.
I hate the commercials. I don't like the animations. I wish there was more "meat." But that's OK - I'm not the intended audience.
Cosmos' goal is to communicate to the widest possible audience the historical and contemporary significance of science to our society. It's succeeding; the show totally dominates the ratings on Sunday nights.
Seth
-----Original Message----- From: Utah-Astronomy [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Chuck Hards Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2014 11:21 AM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Cosmos2
Joe, you are a writer and science journalist. I would ask you to consider writing a script that would fulfill your expectations for such a series. Let me see what would have pleased you (and Siegfried).
Or at least flesh out an outline, since it is a massive project. _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy
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