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Topic: Science > Physics
User: "Sam Wormley"
Date: 30 Oct 2005 11:32:13 AM
Object: starshop video
Any help in tracking this down will be appreciated.
Many years ago, on public television, I watched a short (10-15
minutes) video about a couple who goes into a star shop to
purchase a star.
The woman wants a star that will last a long time so they can
"raise many generations of progeny". The man wants a massive star
that will be a beacon in the galaxy and go out with a flourish.
As they argue about the various merits of more massive and less
massive stars, we viewers are learning about the evolution of
stars (as a function of mass).
Eventually the couple settle on a star like our Sun that will
last a good ten billion years, yet will eventually swell up as a
red giant. As the man is doing the paperwork with the salesman,
the woman wonders around the rest of the star shop... she come
across some containers (cigar boxes) with labels... "neutron
stars", and "black holes".
The box labeled "black holes" has big letters that say do not
open. Curiosity gets the better of her and as she lifts the lid
to take a peek, the whole TV pictu
.

User: "Dirk Van de moortel"

Title: Re: starshop video 30 Oct 2005 01:40:36 PM
"Sam Wormley" <swormley1@mchsi.com> wrote in message news:xs79f.494585$x96.408543@attbi_s72...

Any help in tracking this down will be appreciated.

Many years ago, on public television, I watched a short (10-15
minutes) video about a couple who goes into a star shop to
purchase a star.

The woman wants a star that will last a long time so they can
"raise many generations of progeny". The man wants a massive star
that will be a beacon in the galaxy and go out with a flourish.
As they argue about the various merits of more massive and less
massive stars, we viewers are learning about the evolution of
stars (as a function of mass).

Eventually the couple settle on a star like our Sun that will
last a good ten billion years, yet will eventually swell up as a
red giant. As the man is doing the paperwork with the salesman,
the woman wonders around the rest of the star shop... she come
across some containers (cigar boxes) with labels... "neutron
stars", and "black holes".

The box labeled "black holes" has big letters that say do not
open. Curiosity gets the better of her and as she lifts the lid
to take a peek, the whole TV pictu

Good one :-))
Dirk Vdm
.


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