Bad Astronomer Phil Plait probably owns Kerbal Shapeways

[MalfunctionM1Ke]

Edited May 9, 2015 by MalfunctionM1Ke

[Motokid600]

Ended up watching that whole video and loved it, lol. I've seen him on science channel a lot. I suppose he plays if he's willing to display the figures in the show. Wonder what it'd take to get him to post.

[AbacusWizard]

Hah, yes; even blurry in the background the shapes and colors are unmistakable.

[Bill Phil]

I saw that, too!

[bobcook]

Phil Plait is quite an amazing presenter and certainly knows his science, but this is clearly a studio set. People who do set design get paid to find stuff like this, to make credible backgrounds. On the other hand, there is no evidence to suggest that Phil doesn't play KSP, so let's just assume he does (and we can also assume he is very good at it).

[MalfunctionM1Ke]

Phil Plait is quite an amazing presenter and certainly knows his science, but this is clearly a studio set. People who do set design get paid to find stuff like this, to make credible backgrounds. On the other hand, there is no evidence to suggest that Phil doesn't play KSP, so let's just assume he does (and we can also assume he is very good at it).

Well that might be true.

BUT!

At least there is one of us decorating Phil's Set

[Alshain]

I don't know who this is, but I watched the whole video and liked it a lot.

[Rosco P. Coltrane]

For those interested, this guy has a podcast called Astronomy Cast (http://www.astronomycast.com/). It's very interesting because, as the podcast's motto says, "we help you understand not only what we know, but *how* we know what we know"

EDIT: no no no, that's not the guy! hahaha I had it all wrong.

[colonel0sanders]

It wouldn't be a stretch to get him to post - he's joined discussions on Fark.com for years

[MalfunctionM1Ke]

I don't know who this is, but I watched the whole video and liked it a lot.

He runs this popular Astronomy Blog http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy.html and appears on astronomy panels and TV-documentaries

[rodion_herrera]

They are now on Phil's desk, on this week's Saturn feature of Crash Course.

[basic.syntax]

LoL. Studies of this phenomenon are in progress! I wonder if the fortunes of Squad and the future of KSP could be predicted, based on where the figures are placed, in each show

[Tiakatt]

They aren't his, they do belong to someone who works on Crash Course, however. I finally hunted down where I saw it:

https://twitter.com/badastronomer/status/563719366760349697

But yes, that is Phil threatening not to return one

And Hank Green (one of the cofounders of Crash Course) has a KSP playlist on his GamesWithHank youtube channel

Still cool, though, and I also smile every time I see them on that set.