There is absolutely no truth to the rumour circulated at coffee this morning that the failure of Hubble's Advanced Camera power supply was due to impact from pieces of a Chinese satellite
I have, however, not been able to refute rumour that a golf ball sized object may have been responsible...
That will teach them not to use a six-iron in Low Earth Orbit
More like this
Mark at CosmiVariance passes on a rumour that there is a new Astro Job Rumour Wiki
The Astro Rumour Wiki page has gone hyperactive as rumours flood in.
Press rumour that Bush may fire Admiral Fallon, head of Central Command
Iraq denies reports Israeli Jets exercising deployment to Iraqi airfields in preparation for Iran strike...
PS rhetoric is heating up further
When that guy was due to hit his golf shot, I got a phone call from some NY area radio
station, looking for a comment or opinion. When I told the reporter to call me back in
half an hour after I'd done a couple of calculations, she laughed and said
"Oh you physicists and your numbers...". Like it's some kind of personal eccentricity...