Date: May 7, 2012
Title: The Late Heavy Bombardment — an Extended Version?
Podcasters: Dr. Barbara Cohen & Nancy Atkinson
Organization: NASA Lunar Science Institute
Links: http://lunarscience.arc.nasa.gov/
Music: “Amelia” by Ben Bedford from his “Land of the Shadows” CD. http://benbedford.com/
Description: Even though the Late Heavy Bombardment is somewhat of a controversial idea, some new research has revealed this period of impacts to the Earth-Moon system may have lasted much longer than originally estimated.
Bios: The NLSI brings together leading lunar scientists from around the world to further NASA lunar science and exploration.
Dr. Barbara Cohen is the lead planetary scientist at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center and help out with robotic missions planning for NASA’s science and human exploration directorates.
http://planetary.msfc.nasa.gov/Barbara.html
Nancy Atkinson is a science journalist and is the Senior Editor for Universe Today.
For additional information on this topic, read an article on Universe Today, “Ancient Asteroids Kept Pelting Earth in a Late-Late Heavy Bombardment” http://www.universetoday.com/94810/ancient-asteroids-kept-pelting-earth-in-a-late-late-heavy-bombardment/
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This episode has also been sponsored anonymously and is dedicated to the international dark-sky association www.darksky.org.
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