[geeks] GEEK OUT

[Nina Bersamina]

 it is !  I LOVE my job, it is SO fun. Last week I got to go up to the Dome at 13k feet, I walked around the entire telescope up all levels and learned how all the instruments and the network connections interfaced.  They have wraps and wraps of fiber.  I take care of all the network connections on the base and up at the 'scope, so I was on a cable chasing mission. It was breathtaking (and not because the air up there was thin as hell either!)  Standing under the mirror of the telescope (which is the width of the entire dome) was really a once in a lifetime experience.  It was 30 degrees, and to just be able to see the technology and how it all comes together was amazing. I am a lucky girl and I am thankful.  Plus the astronmers are loads of fun !  They are the quirkyest bunch ever, NEVER a dull moment with them.
:)  Nina
  Kurt Huhn <kurt at k-huhn.com> wrote: > I had to be up at 4am to be up and in the office for the Gemini South
dedication in Chile, nothing like toasting champagne at 7am!
> Read on:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1765000/1765896.stm

That's must be the coolest job! I love astronomy - I can't afford to do it
myself (that and I live in the 'burbs, too much ambient light). Carl
Sagan's show was a favorite of mine, and anything with space theory is
great. This past Sunday the Discovery channel had an entire afternoon full
of astronomy related shows. I had it on while working on the kitchen
cabinets in the other room.

One of these days, when I move back to the woods, maybe I'll get a nice
telescope/camera setup...

Kurt