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title: 'Carnival of Space #91 and a Side Note'
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date: '2009-02-22'
description: "Don’t miss this week’s Carnival of Space – hosted again by Brian at Next Big Future! There are mentions of the recent Texas Fireball (did it really actually hit?!), a discussion of the possibility of\_ liquid water on the legs of the Phoenix Lander, and Astroblog is rereading Galileo’s “bestseller” …"
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# [Carnival of Space #91 and a Side Note](https://grav.alicesastroinfo.com/blog/carnival-of-space-91-and-a-side-note)

   22nd Feb 2009   [Carnival of Space](https://grav.alicesastroinfo.com/tag:Carnival%20of%20Space#body-wrapper) [food allergies](https://grav.alicesastroinfo.com/tag:food%20allergies#body-wrapper)  

Don’t miss this week’s [Carnival of Space](http://nextbigfuture.com/2009/02/carnival-of-space-91.html) – hosted again by Brian at Next Big Future!

There are mentions of the recent Texas Fireball (did it really actually hit?!), a discussion of the possibility of liquid water on the legs of the Phoenix Lander, and Astroblog is rereading Galileo’s “bestseller” *Starry Messenger* and blogging about it as he goes through. So, get a taste for Galileo’s observations in his own words.

### 365 Days of Astronomy Calendar

I found this great Calendar on 365 Days of Astronomy’s Website – [check it out for neat happenings in Astronomy](http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=7bpslqdgs68g0oinj23toheo8s%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America%2FLos_Angeles).

### Personal Note:

I had a major allergic reaction on Friday night, involving a trip to the Emergency Room. I’m fine. I have lived my entire life with extensive, severe food allergies, and it is just the way my life is. I know what to do, I carry an [EpiPen](http://www.epipen.com/howtouse.aspx). The only reason I mention this to you, is because there are some people in the world who don’t believe in the severity and danger of food allergies. I want you to know that *you know* someone with severe food allergies (me) – allergies that sometimes send her to the Emergency Room – so that you can continue (or learn) to be sympathetic to those around you who have these allergies.

This is my chosen non-astronomy cause. Just like [Phil Plait fights the antivaxxers](http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/02/07/did-the-founder-of-the-antivax-movement-fake-autism-vaccine-link/), I will confront the food allergy non-believers. You have been warned – this may come up from time to time on this blog, though I’ll try to keep it to a side issue.

### For more information on food allergies, visit:

[The Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network](http://www.foodallergy.org/)

[National Institutes of Health – Medline Plus Medical Encyclopedia](http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000817.htm)

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