Great ISON comic...

Well, while we were waiting to fly last week comet ISON, the visitor from the ort cloud, came by and paid the sun a little visit... you might have read about it. Some of you may remember that I've referenced Randall Monroe's online comic XKCD here before and he's got a great take on ISON here. XKCD is a great example of a really smart person with a wicked sense of humor and WAY too much time on his hands. He's also got the site "What If...", a kind of web-based, mister wizzard meets agony-aunt column where he solves questions posed by readers involving physics, math, science, and outrageous attention to detail.
There's also a thought provoking XKCD on habitable planets that may be in our "back yard", and it gets you thinking. It's here.
Remember, December's launch window will be here before you know it... get crackin'!
dr
