Interesting in all in studying the moon. It was close, it was boring, you could see it pretty clearly. There wasnt much there. Jerad was the only one that wanted to do and that became important in 1961 when the president announced that we were going to send people to the moon. Why did he come to tucson to study the moon. Jerard made it a hub of science and in my book i talk about tucson as the birthplace of science, not only did we have dark skies but a clear view of the planets. He set up telescopes dedicated to studying moon and planet, essentially unheard of at the time. How is astronomy different from Planetary Science . Planetary scientists studied things that were closer to us. If you want to study planets, you have to understand sciences and a very different type of feel. Weve discovered extra solar planets which are out beyond and you need techniques in both fields, you need to know geology but very powerful telescopes in looking at things that are far away. Who was funding pro
Author Melissa Sevigny author of under desert skies. Mr. Piper is an astronomer and a character by book because in 1961 at the time interested in studying the moon and planets with galaxies and nebula of faraway it was close and pouring it wasnt much there but piper with the only one who you wanted to do that in 1961 when the president announced they would send people. Why did he come to tucson . Unit that is a great question because we have beautiful dark desert skies it was already a hot bed of astronomy and in my book not only did we have dark skies kore a clear view of the planets were they could set up telescopes dedicated to studying the man and the planets. Powell is astronomy different from Planetary Science . Things like nebula and galaxies the Planetary Science west like your own lile sol system and so to understand those planets with Atmospheric Sciences is a very different type of field is started to change more recently so you have to know ideology and atmospheric science.
Because he came to tucson in about 1960, and he was the only one with at the time who was really interested in studying the moon and the planet. So at the time astronomers were very interested and distancing galaxy and nebula that were far we an there were few people interested at all in study the moon it was close, it was boring. You can see it pretty clearly through a telescope there wasnt much there so gerard was only one who wanted to do that, and that became incredibly important in 1961 when suddenly the president aannounced we were going to send people to the moon. Why did he come to tucson to study the moon . One with was reasons was because we have a beautiful dark desert skies, so it was already a hub of the astronomer and gerard would short isly make it a hub of Planetary Science quite a different field actually and my book i talk about tucson as birthplace of Planetary Science not only dark skies and we have clear, you know, a clear view of the planets. We have these wonderf