Saving the Celtic Tiger

OK, I suggest we avoid going down the "we all hate David Moore" road again ... it's been travelled ... repeatedly .... and seldom without incident!

agreed, lets just sit back and see what happens. :lol:

OK, I suggest we avoid going down the "we all hate David Moore" road again ... it's been travelled ... repeatedly .... and seldom without incident!

Yep, that's a given. I just thought that the e-mail abstract needed to be shared as it sets such a tall order I just have to see how it turns out!

Sorry I'm relatively new to the scene so I don't know all the history behind this

Can I explain to him guys??

Thats just what the pm feature was created for

What Mr.Moore was explaining was that science/research and development is of HUGE importance to the growth of the Irish economy. Astronomy/Astrophysics is not only a great subject area to study and that in fact in a recent survey, employers place greater emphasis on relevant experience and other matters rather than what degree you have.

Therefore astonomy is a great way for graduates to get into the more general R&D jobs. I know for a fact that he also asked for and received the input of almost all the facility heads/lecturers at unis all over this country.

Their input was incorporated into his slot.

Isnt that the kind of publicity we would like to see science getting on the airwaves??

I didnt get to see it, :oops: I was off cleaning the corrector plate of my scope at the time and forgot.
I'm a believer that any publicity of astronomy is good news, I would say that in certain fields knowledge of astronomy might be useful (from a physics point of view), I would not have though it seriously important in industry.

No odds anyway, as I cant debate the program as I didnt see it.