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Podcaster:  Host : Fraser Cain ; Guest :  Stephen Fowler, Morgan Rehnberg, Jolene Creighton

Weekly-Space-HangoutTitle: Weekly Space Highlight: LightSail Wakes Up & Falls Silent Again

Link: http://cosmoquest.org
You can watch the video in: http://youtu.be/pd0B6kU6pcQ

Description: This Week’s Stories:
– InfoAge takes over operation of Princeton’s radio dish: http://www.infoage.org/
– Pluto’s chaotic moons
– LHC Starts collecting Physics Data for first time in 2 years<
– LightSail wakes up, deploys solar panels, falls silent again
– Giant telescope in Hawaii gets go-ahead, if others shut down
– Russia identifies cause of Progress capsule loss, sort of tell us
– WSH hiatus – The fix is in! In the works, that is…
Bio: Fraser Cain is the publisher of Universe Today

Special Guest: Stephen Fowler, who is the Creative Director at InfoAge, the organization behind refurbishing the TIROS 1 dish and the Science History Learning Center and Museum at Camp Evans, Wall, NJ.

Guests:
Jolene Creighton (@jolene723 / fromquarkstoquasars.com)
Morgan Rehnberg (cosmicchatter.org / @MorganRehnberg )

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