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Podcaster:  Host : Fraser Cain ; Guest :Dr. Chris McKay, Paul M. Sutter, Morgan Rehnberg, Dave Dickinson 

Weekly-Space-HangoutTitle: Weekly Space Hangout:NASA Astrobiologist Dr. Chris McKay

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You can watch the video in: http://youtu.be/7PpbiMI0KvI

Description: This Week’s Stories:

  • LISA Pathfinder Exceeds Expectations
  • Watching a Black Hole Eat – Live!
  • Inflatable ISS module inflates
  • Hunting Lunar Letters
  • MeerKAT First Images
  • Falcon 9 relaunch target slips to Sept/Oct

We record the Weekly Space Hangout every Friday at 12:00 pm Pacific / 3:00 pm Eastern. You can watch us live on Google+, Universe Today, or the Universe Today YouTube page

Bio: Fraser Cain is the publisher of Universe Today

Special Guest:NASA Astrobiologist Dr. Chris McKay ( @MarsRovers & marsrovers.jpl.nasa.gov ) organized an August 2014 workshop to discuss the future of a permanent moon base, and the ultimate goal of establishing a human settlement on Mars. The resultant nine paper have been recently published in a special issue of the journal New Space.

Guests:
Paul M. Sutter ( http://www.pmsutter.com/ & @PaulMattSutter )
Morgan Rehnberg ( MorganRehnberg.com & @MorganRehnberg )
Dave Dickinson ( http://astroguyz.com/ & @<Astroguyz )

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