April 10th, 2011

April 10th: Ariane Rockets

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Date: April 10, 2011 Title: Ariane Rockets Podcaster: Lycée Henri Moissan Organization: The Henri Moissan High School in France – http://www.lycee-moissan.ac-creteil.fr/ Description: In today’s podcast, we are going to speak about Ariane rockets and especially Ariane 5, one of the world’s leading heavy-lift launchers. After a brief history of the project and mission, we‘ll get [...]

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April 9th, 2011

April 9th: The Lion and The Ghosts

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Date: April 9, 2011 Title: The Lion and The Ghosts Podcaster: Ben Lillie Link: http://storycollider.org Description: A quick tour of some famous theories answers the question: “Do scientists ever believe something they don’t have an explanation for?” Bio: Ben Lillie is a physicist who left the ivory tower for the wilds of New York’s theater [...]

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April 8th, 2011

April 8th: The Venera Missions

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Date: April 8, 2011 Title: The Venera Missions Podcaster: Steve Nerlich Organization: Cheap Astronomy www.cheapastro.com Description: Grab a piping hot bowl of borscht, with a bit of sausage – and then sit back to listen to amazing tales of the Russian’s doggedly persistent explorations of Venus. Bio: Cheap Astronomy offers an educational website where we’ll [...]

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April 7th, 2011

April 7th: Unmanned Space Exploration in 2011, Part 2

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Date: April 7, 2011 Title: Unmanned Space Exploration in 2011, Part 2 Podcaster: Emily Lakdawalla Organization: The Planetary Society Blog: http://www.planetary.org/blog/ Description: We’re in the middle of the most active era of robotic space exploration — ever. I’ll tell you who’s exploring what planets, moons, asteroids, and comets and what exciting events we have to [...]

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April 6th, 2011

April 6th: The Whole World in Your Hands

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Date: April 6, 2011 Title: The Whole World in Your Hands Podcaster: Rob Berthiaume Links: www.yorkobservatory.com www.youdontfreezeinspace.com Description: Things in space are incredibly big, long-lived, and far apart. It’s hard (if not impossible) to grasp the scale of it all in human terms, but why not give it a try? Bio: Robert Berthiaume is working [...]

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April 5th, 2011

365 Days of Astronomy Needs Podcasters!

Hey 365 Days of Astronomy fans! As you know, our podcast is continuing for its third year now. There’s just one little problem: we need more of you to contribute podcasts! We still have a several dates throughout the year that are open, with some coming up relatively soon (there are open dates in April and May that need to be filled soon!) Here’s your big chance to be a podcast star! We would love to have more people contributing to the 365 Days of Astronomy, so if you’ve been thinking about doing a podcast but haven’t yet made the commitment, now’s the time. Any topic in astronomy and space exploration will be accepted and your podcast will be heard by about 5,000 sets of ears! We also need some backup “emergency” podcasts to have on hand in the event that a scheduled podcaster drops out or fails to submit their podcast. Check out our calendar, choose an open date, and send us an email at signup@365daysofastronomy.org If you don’t want to do a podcast but still enjoy our podcast, please consider donating so that our podcast can continue. Click the donate button on the left! Also, spread the word! If you know someone else who might be interested, tell them! And writers and bloggers, feel free to re-post this message anywhere. Thanks, and remember it’s you who make 365 Days of Astronomy the biggest and most popular user-contributed podcast in the world!

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April 5th, 2011

April 5th: Happy Nights: Dark Skies and Global Astronomy Month

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Date: April 5, 2011 Title: Happy Nights: Dark Skies and Global Astronomy Month Podcasters: Connie Walker (Chloe Talbot), Rob Sparks (Narrator/Phineas/Bystander), Carmen Austin (as Betsy), Chris Dunlop (as Bill), and Britny Delp (Ally). Also starring Chuck Dugan as the Dark Skies Crusader. Organization: Happy Nights: Dark Skies and Global Astronomy Month Links: www.astronomerswithoutborders.org/programs/dark-skies-awareness.html, www.darksky.org/IDSW, www.globeatnight.org, [...]

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April 4th, 2011

April 4th: A Copernican Gallop

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Date: April 4, 2011 Title: A Copernican Gallop Podcaster: Maurizio Moribito FBIS Organization: Omnologos Ltd. Description: How Astronomers Have Made Us Irrelevant Bio: Maurizio is an experienced electronics and computing technologist and scientist, and published journalist and technical and scientific author in English and Italian with a variety of interests, including the study of international [...]

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April 3rd, 2011

April 3rd: Exótico Cielo Profundo: Through Markarian’s Chain

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Date: April 3, 2011 Title: Exótico Cielo Profundo: Through Markarian’s Chain Podcaster: Julieta De Simone Shecre Organization: Sur Astronómico – www.surastronomico.com Description: An observational proposal in which we will be moving through a chain of galaxies, by Virgo and the border of Coma Berenices, studying visual characteristics, astropphysic data and some history of selected objects. [...]

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April 2nd, 2011

April 2nd: Exploring the Solar System: Mars

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Date: April 2, 2011 Title: Exploring the Solar System: Mars Podcaster: Thomas Hofstätter Organization: :: The Hidden Space Project :: www.hidden-space.at.tf Description: The red planet is the best observed in the whole solar system. It’s the second planet on our journey through the solar system. Due to the high amount of information available for the [...]

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