Date: August 16th, 2012
Title: Why Gale Crater?
Podcaster: Alan Kerlin
Link: Find Alan on Google+, Twitter and Facebook, and his blog is called The Beach House – a tribute to Douglas Adams.
Link to the full interview: http://alankerlin.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/anderson-interview.html
The podcast was adapted for use in the 365 Days of Astronomy by Steve Nerlich
Description: Alan interviews Marion Anderson from the School of Geosciences at Monash University in Australia. Marion was on the site selection committee that determined that the Curiosity rover would land in Gale Crater on Mars and in this interview she explains why Gale was chosen.
The podcast was adapted for use in the 365 Days of Astronomy by Steve Nerlich.
Bio: Alan Kerlin is an amateur astronomer and blogger, living in Canberra. When Neil Armstrong stepped onto the Moon in 1969, Alan Kerlin and the rest of his school in Canberra watched it on a single small black and white TV, inspiring an interest in science and space travel.
More recently, exposure to the online science community through social media has reignited Alan’s interest in science in general, and particularly in astronomy.
Today’s Sponsor: This episode of 365 days of astronomy was sponsored by iTelescope.net – Expanding your horizons in astronomy today. The premier on-demand telescope network, at dark sky sites in Spain, New Mexico and Siding Spring, Australia.
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