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Podcaster:  Host : Fraser Cain ; Guest : Yoav Landsma, Dr. Kimberly Cartier & Dr. Morgan Rehnberg 

Title: Weekly Space Hangout – Yoav Landsman and SpaceIL

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This week’s stories:

  • A young star with a lop-sided dust disk
  • New results from JUNO
  • Curiosity learns a new way to drill.
  • The 50th Falcon 9 launch!

Host: Fraser Cain ( @fcain )

Special Guest: Yoav Landsman ( @TeamSpaceIL / http://www.spaceil.com/ ) is a System Engineer at the Israeli nonprofit organization, SpaceIL, which is trying to land the first Israeli spacecraft on the Moon as part of the Google Lunar XPrize competition. Previously, Yoav, a founding member of the WSH Crew, joined us to tell us about SpaceIL’s plans. Today, Yoav again joins us to provide an update on the status of their program.

Guests:
Dr. Kimberly Cartier ( http://KimberlyCartier.org & @AstroKimCartier )
Dr. Morgan “Sniffles” Rehnberg ( http://cosmicchatter.org/ & @MorganRehnberg )

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