[geeks] Source for Galileoscope?

[Lionel Peterson]

Xmas shopping on Dec. 1st or 2nd is nothing to beat yourself up about
- you are squarely in the front half (or even quarter) of all dads...

Lionel (a fourth-quarter dad)

On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 11:46 AM, William Enestvedt
<William.Enestvedt at jwu.edu> wrote:
> (Slow dad/Christmas gift question -- sorry.)
>
>   Does anyone know a place to get a Galileoscope kit that will actually
> arrive before Christmas?
>       https://www.galileoscope.org/gs/
>
>   "The Galileoscope(tm) is a high-quality, low-cost telescope kit
> developed for the International Year of Astronomy 2009
> <http://www.astronomy2009.org/>  by a team of leading astronomers,
> optical engineers, and science educators." It's twenty bucks, and it
> gets very complimentary coverage.
>
>   The source seems to have run out some time this year (late summer or
> fall) and won't have another batch in until January or February. I am
> willing to wait that long, but I would love to get one of these for my
> kids. The sole current EBay auction is already over $30 + postage, and I
> expect it to go way up before it ends. :7(
>
>   THank you *very* much for any suggesteions of vendors.
>
> - Will
> P.S. My wife isn't a d0rk like myself, but even she got excited by this
> kit. And how can I not want to encourage the curiousity of an adult
> *and* my kids?!
> --
> Will Enestvedt
> wenestvedt at jwu.edu
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Lionel Peterson
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