Podcaster: Host: Fraser Cain : Journalists: Casey Dreier, Nancy Atkinson, Amy Shira Teitel, Jason Major, and David Dickinson ; Special Guest: Lee Billings
Title: Weekly Space Hangout: Government Shutdown!
Link : http://cosmoquest.org
Description: After last week’s non-episode, the Weekly Space Hangout roared back to life. We had big news on the Government Shutdown, the Earth flyby from the Juno spacecraft, and a big update on Comet ISON.
We also had a special guest, author and journalist Lee Billings, who was here to talk about his newest book, Five Billion Years of Solitude. Lee talked about his work on the book, and the state of extrasolar planet research in general.
Stories:
Government Shutdown Continues
Juno Flyby
Triple Transit on Jupiter
Death of astronaut Scott Carpenter
45th Anniversary of Apollo 7
Update on Comet ISON
Iranian Space Cat May Fly
Strange Cloud Seen From the Station
Bio: Fraser Cain is a Universe Today Publisher ; Amy Shira Teitel from Vintage Space; David Dickinson form Universe Today; Jason Major from Light in the Dark; Nancy Atkinson from Universe Today ; Casey Dreier from Planetary Society
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I’ve been listening to your shows for a long time Now, you guys have a lot of good information about the science you’re talking about but there is more to the problems of this country and its government than your need for a little rocket to go up in space. There will be plenty of time for that.
As for your obviously liberal and biased comments about health care and congress, you’d be better off just sticking with giving us the facts about astronomy.