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Date: October 26, 2010 Title: Janet Mattei Podcaster: Mike Simonsen Organization: American Association of Variable Star Observers – http://www.aavso.org/ http://simostronomy.blogspot.com/ http://www.slackerastronomy.org/wordpress/ Description: Mike introduces listeners to Janet Mattei, an important person in the history of the American Association of Variable Star Observers. Mike also thanks his wife, Irene, for her support of his astronomy obsession! Bio: Mike Simonsen is one of the world’s leading variable star observers. He works for the American Association of Variable Star Observers as Membership Director [...]
Date: October 25, 2010 Title: SNOLab Podcaster: Rob Berthiaume Links: www.yorkobservatory.com www.youdontfreezeinspace.com Description: Rob talks about his experience visiting SNOLab, an underground science laboratory located 2km underground in Sudbury Ontario. Bio: Robert Berthiaume is working towards an MSc in atomic physics at York University in Toronto, Canada. When he can get away from making measurements of local gravitational acceleration, he rides his motorcycle when the sun is up, and shares the stars with the public at the observatory when it’s [...]
Date: October 24, 2010 Title: EPOXI: Triple the Mission, Triple the Fun Podcaster: Roz Brown & Tom Bank Organization: Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. – www.ballaerospace.com Description: On November 4, scientists anticipate ultra-close-up images of Comet Hartley 2 when the flyby spacecraft from NASA’s 2005 Deep Impact mission passes within 450 miles (700 kilometers) of the comet’s nucleus for the EPOXI mission. The flyby spacecraft was only designed for one mission, but is proving to be an orbiting workhorse when [...]
Date: October 23, 2010 Title: Encore Edition: What if the Moon did not Exist? Podcaster: Patrick McQuillan Organization: Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS) Description: Note: This podcast originally aired on March 28, 2009. We often take the Moon for granted. We assume it will always be there. Circling the Earth month after month with regular precision. But what would our world be like if we didn’t have a moon? The length of the day, the tilt of the planet, [...]
Date: October 22, 2010 Title: SETI Then and Now Podcaster: Sue Ann Heatherly Organization: NRAO – http://www.gb.nrao.edu/ Description: Fifty Years ago, Dr. Frank Drake conducted the first modern Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) using a telescope at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Green Bank, WV. In September of this year, the NRAO held a conference to discuss the future of SETI. One of the participants unearthed an article written by Ray Bradbury for Life Magazine called: A Serious Search. [...]
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