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Re: (meteorobs) The Russian Night-Light
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From: ALH84001KC@aol.com <ALH84001KC@aol.com>
To: meteorobs@latrade.com <meteorobs@latrade.com>
Date: Wednesday, September 23, 1998 10:22 AM
Subject: (meteorobs) The Russian Night-Light
>Well, here's a copy of the letter that I sent to the address that Pierre
>listed earlier.
>
>
>Dear Sir,
>
> God made night for a reason. - Day = light.......Night = dark - How much
>simpler can it be? If god didn't want night, he would of created a way for
>there to always be light. I strongly disagree with the Russian project to
>light up the night sky. By doing this project, you cut away from
astronomical
>observations. Even if you didn't make them go over observatories, who do
you
>think discovers more comets- observatories, or just those of us who do our
own
>observations without the aid of a full blown observatory? I certainly hope
>you didn't say observatories. Remember Comet Hale-Bopp? It was discovered
by
>2 amatuer astronomers( Alan Hale & Thomas Bopp)-without observatories! Or
how
>about Comet Shoemaker-Levy9- again, discovered by 2 amateur
astronomers(Eugene
>Shoemaker & David Levy) without observatories! I hope your getting the
idea.
>Well, I hope my 2 cents helps make an obvious decision clear.
>
>Matthew Martin
>
>E-Mail: alh84001kc@aol.com
>www: http://www.angelfire.com/sk/skyfire7
>Member- Hawaiian Astronomical Society
>
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