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Astronomers & Astronauts

Astronomers & Astronauts:
URL: http://cdsweb.u-strasbg.fr/~heck/sfheads.htm
Description: More than 5,000 entries.
Good Points: Personal information about astronomers.
Bad Points: Not a good choice if you’re looking for detailed information, some broken links.
Overall Rating: 6
Design Rating: 6
Content Rating: 7
Programming Rating: 7

URL: http://www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu/BruceMedalists/
Description: Biographies of the 90 astronomers awarded the Bruce Medal since 1896.
Good Points: Complete alphabetical list, some pictures.
Bad Points: Brief information.
Overall Rating: 7
Design Rating: 7
Content Rating: 7
Programming Rating: 6

URL: http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/astrobio.html
Description: NASA’s site containing biographies of past and present astronauts.
Good Points: Detailed information, pictures.
Bad Points: none
Overall Rating: 9
Design Rating: 10
Content Rating: 9
Programming Rating: 8


The Astronomy Interactive Network is a web site for the 1998 Thinkquest contest created by Rand, Noah and Kim.