Dear All,
I've been asked to do a couple of articles relating to my experiences
working at Pole
deploying the BICEP2 instrument. One will be a personal profile in
the Naturejobs blog for
the Nature Publishing Group, the other will an article for the The
Conversation,
see
https://theconversation.com/uk. Neither are really asking for the
science aspect (I'm hardly
qualified to answer). Both are UK organizations and contacted me for
obvious reasons.
It is not proper to write these without some mention by name of the
others who were there, particularly
the second article. I will also intend to send a selection of
photographs, some of the Pole in general, some
with people working on the instrument integration (nothing
embarrassing). I don't know yet which they will
choose. Is there any objection from you folk, especially Phil, Jon,
Walt, Randol, Justus or Angiola?
John, are there any official restrictions or embargoes imposed by the
NSF or USAP? I will be sure to
credit them (I really do still want a winter-over) and also The Moore
Foundation and Keck Foundation.
Please respond early today if you can, The Conversation wants a copy
today to try and publish tomorrow.
I would dearly love to mention the Hienostat but will exercise great restraint.
Clem, a piece in the The Mail following your Newsnight interview
created quite a stir for all the wrong reasons.
Have you been following? For the first time ever, I felt compelled to
write a letter to The Guardian. They may
or may not print it.
Finally, here is a link to the press release from Cardiff University
following the cfa Harvard news break:
http://www.astro.cardiff.ac.uk/newsandevents/?page=news_detail&news=0157
This was released to the UK media.
Cheers,
Rashmi