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I am CEO of Loch Ness Productions. I am also a producer for Astrocast.TV, an online magazine about astronomy and space science.

For the past few years, I've also been a voice actor, appearing in a variety of productions. You can see and hear samples of my work by clicking on the "Voice-Overs, Videos and 'Casts tab.

My blog, TheSpacewriter's Ramblings, is about astronomy, space science, and other sciences.

Ideas and opinions expressed here do not represent those of my employer or of any other organization to which I am affiliated. They're mine.

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May 6, 2004 at 12:04 pm | Leave a Comment

Stargazing is one of those activities that seems to kindle a lot of deep thoughts about … well, life, the universe, and everything (to quote a well-known phrase). It’s sometimes easy to lose sight of those deeper questions in our daily lives, as we rush from here to there, do our work, enjoy our families, and so on. But, occasionally we do have to step outside and just look up—and be reminded of the larger cosmos.

I’ve been working on several huge writing and editing projects for some observatory clients, and I am astounded at the complexity of running an observatory. Here are these places that look OUT on the sky, giving us deep looks into space and across time. Yet, they’re very human places to be. People get paid to look across space, and to maintain the equipment that does so. The money goes to support families, economies, and whole professions of people devoted to studying the cosmos.

Think about that the next time you’re out under the stars, thinking about how alone we are in the cosmos. We may be so; but a lot of folks here on Earth are doing an astounding job of bringing the cosmos closer to us using some of the most amazing technology ever to arise.

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