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How do you think twitter, face book, YouTube etc have helped
astronomy?
FC: Social media like Twitter has allowed everyone to have a voice, same with
YouTube. It doesn’t matter who you work for or how much budget you have, if
you have an interesting story to tell, you can reach a worldwide audience. I think
this whole revolution is really exciting, and I can’t wait to see what happens next.
This year has been a hive of activity with near earth asteroids, the
Russian meteor and of course comet ISON, what event this year has
or will be the most amazing too you?
FC: All of those events you’ve mentioned have been big. Although we don’t
know what’s going to happen yet, I’d have to say that Comet ISON is the event
I’m most excited about. It’s been years since there was a bright comet in the
night sky, and I can’t wait to share this with my readers and especially my kids.
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