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June 30th, 2011

June 30th: The Dark Side

Date: June 30, 2011 Title: The Dark Side Podcaster: Steve Nerlich Organization: Cheap Astronomy Link: www.cheapastro.com Description: While no-one knows what dark energy is – here’s some reasons why it probably isn’t energy. Bio: Cheap Astronomy offers an educational website that doesn’t leave you stumbling around in the dark. Sponsor: This episode of 365 Days [...]

June 29th, 2011

June 29th: Citizen Science and the Zooniverse Project

Date: June 29, 2011 Title: Citizen Science and the Zooniverse Project Organization: The Adler Planetarium Links: www.adlerplanetarium.org www.adlerplanetarium.org/podcasts Description: Zooniverse is the internet’s largest, most popular, and most successful collection of citizen science projects. Chris Lintott, Zooniverse Director, joins us for a discussion about Citizen Science and how Zooniverse got started! Bio: The Adler Planetarium [...]

June 28th, 2011

June 28th: A Research Station on Mars – The Boreas Project Part 2

Date: June 28, 2011 Title: A Research Station on Mars – The Boreas Project Part 2 Podcaster: Robert Yule Elphick Organization: The British Interplanetary Society Links: http://www.bis-space.com/ Description: The British Interplanetary Society recently sponsored a project called Boreas. Its objective was to design a research station to be placed on the north pole of Mars [...]

June 27th, 2011

June 27th: Snoopy the Space Beagle

Date: June 27, 2011 Title: Snoopy the Space Beagle Podcaster: Maurzio Morabito Organization: Omnologos Ltd Description: Once upon a time there was just a comic strip dog. Now there’s a pilot, an astronaut, a safety award. And a lunar module in solar orbit. Bio: Maurizio is an experienced electronics and computing technologist and scientist, and [...]

June 26th, 2011

June 26th: Astronomy Rant

Date: June 26, 2011 Title: Astronomy Rant Podcaster: The Telescope Man Organization: Texas Astronomical Society of Dallas, TX. Links: www.texasastro.org Joe’s website: www.telescopeman.org Description: TelescopeMan rants about the lack of knowledge and interest in the night sky within the general public. The solution to this rant should be of great interest to everyone in the [...]

June 25th, 2011

June 25th: Astronomers are People, Too!

Date: June 25, 2011 Title: Astronomers are People, Too! Podcasters: The ‘Ask An Astronomer!’ Team Organization: The Ask an Astronomer! @ Cornell University Team Link: http://curious.astro.cornell.edu Description: Astronomers come from all over the world and from a variety of different backgrounds. While the astronomical community certainly is diverse, it is unfortunately not nearly as diverse [...]

June 24th, 2011

June 24th: One Giant Leap For Mission Design

Date: June 24, 2011 Title: One Giant Leap For Mission Design Podcaster: Bob Hirshon Organization: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Links: www.aaas.org Description: Science Update host Bob Hirshon speaks with the SciBox team at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory. SciBox is a revolutionary mission planning tool that allows scientists to pack [...]

June 23rd, 2011

June 23rd: How to See a Space Shuttle Launch

Date: June 23, 2011 Title: How to See a Space Shuttle Launch Podcaster: Daniel Herron Organization: Atlanta Astronomy Club Link: http://www.atlantaastronomy.org Description: Saying hello and then farewell to the space shuttles. Daniel provides tips — from experience — of how to see the final space shuttle launch, currently scheduled for July 8, 2011. Bio: Daniel [...]

June 22nd, 2011

June 22nd: A Research Station on Mars – The Boreas Project Part I

Date: June 22, 2011 Title: A Research Station on Mars – The Boreas Project Part I Podcaster: Robert Yule Elphick Organization: The British Interplanetary Society Links: http://www.bis-space.com/ Description: The British Interplanetary Society recently sponsored a project called Boreas. Its objective was to design a research station to be placed on the north pole of Mars [...]

June 21st, 2011

June 21st: Apollo 11 — The Astronauts’ Backgrounds

Date: June 21, 2011 Title: Apollo 11 — The Astronauts’ Backgrounds Podcasters: Thomas Hofstätter and Leon Dombroski Organization: :: The Hidden Space Project :: Link: www.hidden-space.at.tf Description: This podcast is about the first two men on the moon and their peaceful mission, which was a milestone in human history. On July 20, 1969, Neil A. [...]

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