Podcaster: Host : Fraser Cain ; Guest :Carolyn Collins Petersen, Dr. Paul M. Sutter, Dr. Morgan Rehnberg
Title: Weekly Space Hangout – Carolyn Collins Petersen discusses “Space Exploration”
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Description: This week, we are excited to welcome Carolyn Collins Petersen to discussher newest book, Space Exploration: Past, Present, Future
This week’s stories:
- NASA FINALLY has a new administrator.
- GAIA dumps 1.7 billion stars on us…
- The mind-bending animation from Rosetta: https://twitter.com/landru79/status/988490703075463168
- Was there an advanced civilization before us? (No.)
Host: Fraser Cain ( @fcain )
Special Guest: Carolyn Collins Petersen is no stranger to the Weekly Space Hangout, having been a regular journalist during previous seasons. We are excited to welcome Carolyn back to the show this week, this time as our Special Guest, to discuss her newest book, Space Exploration: Past, Present, Future, which was released in the US on April 1. In it, Carolyn discusses the earliest space pioneers and their work, the WW1 technological advances which formed the basis of today’s Space Age, the increasing corporate interest in space, and theorizes about what the future may hold.
You can learn more about/order Carolyn’s latest book here:
https://www.amazon.com/Space-Exploration-Past-Present-Future/dp/1445656035
Guests:
Dr. Paul Matt Sutter ( http://www.pmsutter.com/ & @PaulMattSutter )
Dr. Morgan Rehnberg ( http://cosmicchatter.org/ & @MorganRehnberg )
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