Sir Patrick Moore RIP

Temaz · 09-12-2012 02:02PM #1

British astronomer and broadcaster Sir Patrick Moore has died at his home at the age of 89, a group of his friends and staff say.

http://news.sky.com/story/1022912/british-astronomer-sir-patrick-moore-dies

Swampy · 09-12-2012 02:04PM

That the guy from Games Master?

pablomakaveli · 09-12-2012 02:05PM

Just saw this on the news. Found out he played the xylophone as well as being into astronomy. RIP

losthorizon · 09-12-2012 02:06PM

RIP> A legend of British science and British Broadcasting plus a great friend of Brian May.

admiralofthefleet · 09-12-2012 02:06PM

it was always impossible to have a conversation with him

he just stared into space

RIP

Ando's Saggy Bottom · 09-12-2012 02:06PM

Swampy wrote: »

That the guy from Games Master?

Exactly the first thing that sprang to mind!

Seems like he had a good and varied life which is all you can ask.

RIP.

Sulla Felix · 09-12-2012 02:07PM

Shame to see the great man go.

klose · 09-12-2012 02:07PM

Loved his shows on bbc, always very interesting!

Rip

quickbeam · 09-12-2012 02:07PM

Hardly sad at his age, but he'll be missed. I wonder who'll take over The Sky At Night?

donvito99 · 09-12-2012 02:11PM

Ah no. That guy was about as suitable for television as a dead kitten, but he was brilliant.

RIP

DB21 · 09-12-2012 02:11PM

RIP. Absolute legend of science, and helped bring it to the common man.

MidlandsM · 09-12-2012 02:12PM

RIP to the man......he was good at what he did.

Agricola · 09-12-2012 02:13PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JH9L6VonhQc

Mint Sauce · 09-12-2012 02:13PM

Swampy wrote: »

That the guy from Games Master?

I do remember him from that actually.

More remembered for the Sky at Night though i'd say.

RIP.

galwayrush · 09-12-2012 02:14PM

Sorry to hear this. R.I.P.

Kristopherus · 09-12-2012 02:14PM

RIP to the great man.

Max Power · 09-12-2012 02:14PM

Thought it was the Star Trek guy...oops

09-12-2012 02:20PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVUJ7ePLgWo

RIP, Gamesmaster

M cebee · 09-12-2012 02:22PM

RIP patrick
i loved the show

stanley1 · 09-12-2012 02:25PM

one of the last great english eccentrics, i will badly miss him on sky at night, rip

Madam · 09-12-2012 02:27PM

A real eccentric gone - RIP.

120_Minutes · 09-12-2012 02:27PM

quickbeam wrote: »

Hardly sad at his age, but he'll be missed. I wonder who'll take over The Sky At Night?

Brian Cox
Brian Cox
Brian Cox

The Rock n roll Prof!

TheIrishGrover · 09-12-2012 02:28PM

That is a pity. He did an awful lot to introduce astronomy to the general populace. The US had Carl Sagan, England had Patrick Moore. I barely remember watching him on BBC at a friend's house during the Voyager fly-bys. He and Leo Enright on RTE got me interested in astronomy (Something I must take up again, especially since comet C/2012 S1 should be so spectacular next November hopefully). He was quite difficult to understand the last few years but he will be missed.

At least the ESA will have a name for one of their future probes. RIP Patrick Moore

Odysseus · 09-12-2012 02:29PM

A great man indeed, at least he kept going until the end. RIP

Latchy · 09-12-2012 02:34PM

The sky tonight won't be the same without Patrick .

Interesting chapter of his life below from Wiki

Moore lied about his age in order to join the RAF and fight in World War II at the age of sixteen, and from 1940 until 1945 he served as a navigator in RAF Bomber Command, reaching the rank of Flight lieutenant. He first received his flying training in Canada, during which time he met Albert Einstein and Orville Wright while on leave in New York. The war had a significant influence on his life: his only romance ended when his fiancée, a nurse called Lorna, was killed by a bomb which struck her ambulance. Moore subsequently remarked that he never married because "there was no one else for me...second best is no good for me...I would have liked a wife and family, but it was not to be."In his autobiography he stated that after sixty years he still thought about her, and that because of her death "if I saw the entire German nation sinking into the sea, I could be relied upon to help push it down."

El Guapo! · 09-12-2012 02:35PM

quickbeam wrote: »

Hardly sad at his age, but he'll be missed. I wonder who'll take over The Sky At Night?

Why is it not sad just because he was old?
It's still sad when someone dies.
RIP

humberklog · 09-12-2012 02:35PM

120_Minutes wrote: »

Brian Cox
Brian Cox
Brian Cox

The Rock n roll Prof!

I think Brian May (from Queen) will be favourite in the running for the job.

He was mooted for it about 2 year ago.

M cebee · 09-12-2012 02:36PM

120_Minutes wrote: »

Brian Cox
Brian Cox
Brian Cox

The Rock n roll Prof!

dunno i thought maybe Chris Lintott

mike65 · 09-12-2012 02:40PM

Swampy wrote: »

That the guy from Games Master?

After Hours in a sentence.

Madam_X · 09-12-2012 02:42PM

Latchy wrote: »

The sky tonight won't be the same without Patrick .
Interesting chapter of his life below from Wiki

Moore lied about his age in order to join the RAF and fight in World War II at the age of sixteen, and from 1940 until 1945 he served as a navigator in RAF Bomber Command, reaching the rank of Flight lieutenant. He first received his flying training in Canada, during which time he met Albert Einstein and Orville Wright while on leave in New York. The war had a significant influence on his life: his only romance ended when his fiancée, a nurse called Lorna, was killed by a bomb which struck her ambulance. Moore subsequently remarked that he never married because "there was no one else for me...second best is no good for me...I would have liked a wife and family, but it was not to be."In his autobiography he stated that after sixty years he still thought about her, and that because of her death "if I saw the entire German nation sinking into the sea, I could be relied upon to help push it down."

Awful thing to say (the last bit) but the poor man - no interest in any woman again, that's fecking heartbreak to the extreme.

Will be missed greatly - I know fook all about astronomy but I've heard about him loads of times.

Burky126 · 09-12-2012 02:51PM

pablomakaveli wrote: »

Found out he played the xylophone as well as being into astronomy. RIP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oO_Ckg5ott8

Sir Patrick Moore RIP

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