Astrophysics/Astronomy as a Career

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Oh, he's still around. Here's the Wikipedia article on him: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Nye<br /><br />Some of the highlights: He went before Congress several years ago to convince them to reinstate the New Horizons mission to Pluto, he is the vice president of the Planetary Society, and he has appeared in several episodes of the TV show Numb3rs. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><em>So, again we are defeated. This victory belongs to the farmers, not us.</em></p><p><strong>-Kambei Shimada from the movie Seven Samurai</strong></p> </div>