Next message: Renee Mattie: "Re: Women Navigators"
Renee
LOL. Well put.
Bill
> Here are some random thoughts from a woman pursuing celestial navigation:
>
> Navigation is a "guy thing" the way that math, science, and engineering are
> "guy things". Which is to say: "Not".
>
> I have read several times that Polynesian and Micronesian navigators
> depended on the swinging of their testicles to help them "read" the waves.
> But, after much study, I have concluded that they are NOT REQUIRED and, in
> fact, CANNOT USEFULLY BE EMPLOYED while actually doing celnav with charts,
> sextants, and almanacs.
>
> In my house, *I* wear the sextant.
>
> I am not a highly-acclaimed or even highly-experienced navigator myself, but
> here I am working on the Silicon Sea BOOK for Celestaire.
>
> I realized today, while I was watching my kids' swimming lessons, that I was
> the ONLY parent perusing a vintage copy of Bowditch. This would make ANYONE
> an oddity. But really, there is NO WAY that Williams-Sonoma catalog is going
> to last you the whole hour.
>
> Hardly anybody is doing celestial navigation here on earth, but NASA is
> teaching it to their planetary rovers. And writing navigational almanacs
> for other worlds.
>
> All it takes is some practice and a little bit of math.
> Why should the boys have ALL the fun?
>
> Oh, and those celnav geeks will probably be all OVER you if you go to Mystic
> for father's day. Is that a good thing or a bad thing?
>
> Renee Mattie
