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July 11th, 2011

July 11th: Stargazing and Our Atmosphere

Date: July 11, 2011 Title: Stargazing and Our Atmosphere Podcaster: Maurice Kemp Organization: Maurice Kemp Photography Links: http://mauricekempphotography.weebly.com Description: Originally, man’s naked-eye view of the stars was significantly distorted by our precious atmosphere. The overall height of our atmosphere, made up of multiple layers, was well beyond his escape. Despite the inconvenience of our life [...]

July 10th, 2011

July 10th: My Favorite Space Shuttle Missions, Part 2

Date: July 10, 2011 Title: My Favorite Space Shuttle Missions, Part 2 Podcasters: Steve Nerlich and Nancy Atkinson Description: Last year, Steve Nerlich and Nancy Atkinson shared some of their favorite space shuttle missions (http://365daysofastronomy.org/2010/06/27/june-27th-my-favorite-space-shuttle-missions/ ) and with the end of the space shuttle program decided to share some more. Bios: Nancy Atkinson is the [...]

July 9th, 2011

July 9th: Solar Cosmic Katrina and Chicken Little

Date: July 9, 2011 Title: Solar Cosmic Katrina and Chicken Little Podcaster: Sandy Antunes Email: antunes@nasw.org Organization: Project Calliope LLC. Link: http://projectcalliope.com Description: Solar activity can and will short out portions of our power grid, but predicting them is inexact. Would you rather space weathercasting be like Chicken Little, warning the sky is falling with [...]

July 8th, 2011

July 8th: Prize Winning Planetary Research

Date: July 8, 2011 Title: Prize Winning Planetary Research Podcaster: Bob Hirshon, AAAS Organization: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Description: Science Update host Bob Hirshon speaks with planetary geologist Scott Murchie of the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory. Murchie was recently awarded the NASA Distinguished Public Service Award, NASA’s highest honor for [...]

July 7th, 2011

July 7th: What’s up in Planetary Exploration in July 2011

Date: July 7, 2011 Title: What’s up in Planetary Exploration in July 2011 Podcaster: Emily Lakdawalla Organization: The Planetary Society Link: The Planetary Society Blog Description: Emily Lakdawalla keeps an eye on the robots that are exploring our solar system for the Planetary Society blog. Today she takes a look at what we can expect [...]

July 6th, 2011

July 6th: Impact!

Date: July 6, 2011 Title: Impact! Podcaster: Megan Argo Links: Dr Who: http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/ The Jodcast: http://www.jodcast.net/ Description: Could Dr. Who go back in time to view a meteor impact on Earth? Following on from “Doctor Who and the SIlver Spiral,” which was a short science-inspired story that went out aired on 365 Days of Astronomy [...]

July 5th, 2011

July 5th: Moon Zoo Science Update

Date: July 5, 2011 Title: Moon Zoo Science Update Podcaster: Nancy Atkinson with Stuart Robbins Organization: NASA Lunar Science Institute (NLSI) – http://lunarscience.arc.nasa.gov/ Links: Moon Zoo – http://www.moonzoo.org/ See the “Moonometer” to see how many Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter images have been classified via Moon Zoo. See what’s happening on Moon Zoo right now with Moon [...]

July 4th, 2011

July 4th: A Research Station on Mars – The Boreas Project Part 3

Date: July 4, 2011 Title: A Research Station on Mars – The Boreas Project Part 3 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 [...]

July 3rd, 2011

July 3rd: Apollo 11 Preparations

Date: July 3, 2011 Title: Apollo 11 Preparations Podcaster: Thomas Hofstätter and Leon Dombroski Organization: :: The Hidden Space Project :: Link: http://hidden-space.at.tf Description: This is the second audio of five articles about the mission of Apollo 11. In this audio, the preparations for the mission are described in examples. starting with the general investigation [...]

July 2nd, 2011

July 2nd: Holst’s Planets

Date: July 2, 2011 Title: Holst’s Planets Podcaster: Mick Vagg Description: A look at (and a listen to) the orchestral suite by Gustav Holst, “The Planets.” Bio: Dr. Michael Vagg is a physician specializing in Rehabilitation Medicine and Pain Management. He lives in Torquay, in the Surfcoast region of Australia. One day he hopes to [...]

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