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> He is, of course, famous for being threatened with excommunication by
> the Catholic church if he didn't recant his theories about the universe
> being heliocentric.
>
> Fast forward a few centuries: Don't know how many are aware of this,
> but the Vatican has supported its own observatory for the last century
> or so. No, not still trying to dispute Galileo (they learned their
> lesson on that one), but trying to advance astronomy.
If I recall, the church finally let him off the hook for his opinions--the
tail end of last century!
Bill
