“Where are we going?” (Bishop Aringarosa) had demanded of his driver. “Alban Hills,” the man replied. “Your meeting is at Castel Gandolfo.” The Pope’s summer residence? Aringarosa had never been, nor had he ever desired to see it. In addition to being the Pope’s summer vacation home, the sixteenth-century citadel housed the Specula Vaticana – […]
Astronauts - Astronomy Quotes
The more I know of astronomy, the more I believe in God.
What we need is a big telescope in every village and hamlet and some bloke there with that fire in his eye who can show something of the glory the world sails in. (inventor of the Dobsonian telescope and “guiding light” to amateur astronomers)
