Podcaster: Ralph, Paul & Jenni
Organization: Awesome Astronomy
Title : Awesome Astronomy Live Lockdown Q&A Show Part 2
Link : www.awesomeastronomy.com
Description:
You can watch the video of this recording (and our live Episode 45 recording on 27th April) at https://www.youtube.com/user/AwesomeAstroPod/videos
This show is a response to the many requests we get to do an episode dedicated to answering listeners’ space & astronomy questions. Producer John thought lockdown would be the perfect time to do it, when we can try and help ease the stress, boredom and isolation.
The Guests: We invited some of our friends from the astronomy world to answer your questions too:
- Senior Astronomer and Institute Fellow at the SETI Institute, Seth Shostak. We asked him:
- What’s currently big in the world of extraterrestrial hunting?
- What happens when we discover possibly habitable planets? From @WrathfulTumbles
- Square Kilometre Array or JWST. Which is going to generate the most exciting science? And if each one could answer just 1 question about the Universe, what would you like it to be? From Mark De Vri
- US Spaceflight researcher and chronicler, Gavin Price. We asked for:
- An overview of the Apollo 13 mission that was limping back to Earth 50 years ago today
- The key Apollo 13 decisions and preparations that were underway at this point – a day before splashdown
- A discussion about, and nod to the BBC World Service podcast 13 Minutes to the Moon. From Peter Ellinger
Other listener inspired topics discussed by the podcast crew:
- You talk about the ELT in April part 1. But how on God’s green Earth do you keep a mirror like that clean? From @SeamasterGMT
- A discussion on the ‘Ashen light of Venus’ inspired by @Blixbuller
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