Jan 16 2006
“I claim this dust mote in the name of…”
An unprecedented opportunity to contribute to the state of astro-geology is being presented by the University of California at Berkely. You can participate in their stardust@home project to analyze aerogel images for interstellar dust grains that were returned to Earth a few days ago aboard the NASA mission Stardust.
If you pass the training course and spot a legitimate dust track, you get to name that bit of supernova debris.
I hesitate to suggest my default name of “Bob” because it seems like an ancient sample of the universe needs a more resounding name. “Robert” might be more appropriate…
Robert the Omniscient Dust Track IV.
Why did I immediately start thinking of Katamari Damacy upon reading this post? Is the King of All Cosmos drunk again?
I will not be sucked into this cultish phenomenon that you are referring to! I wil resist!