Stardate

I was just driving home from our favorite mechanic shop... and listened to a curious stardate on NPR.

Did you know that the first person to draw the Moon as seen through a telescope was Englishman Thomas Harriot, a part-time scientist and full-time friend of the British rich and famous? His first map of the Moon was based on observations he made 400 years ago tonight.

For more info on this, go to http://stardate.org/radio/program.php?f=today