This may become a series. In the last episode, we saw my first book, Bad Astronomy, at the VLA in New Mexico. Where else has it been? Well...
I have known for some time that the book was a runaway international sensation. Of course, I live in a fantasy world where all people think critically and creationists don't exist. Still, I do know the book sold well in some other countries, including Australia.
I was Down Under a few years back to give some talks and tour the fantastic countryside there. I visited "The Dish", the ginormous Parkes radio telescope, for example, and gave my "Moon Hoax Hoax" there. There were two guys there who actually manned the Dish during the Apollo 11 mission! So the talk went over pretty well. I love Australians.
A while back, the International Planetarium Association had their meeting there, and some of the attendees ...