Podcaster: Host : Fraser Cain ; Guest: Dr. Dana Backman, Dr. Brian Koberlein, Chris Carr, Beth Johnson
Title: Weekly Space Hangout – Dana Backman, Director of NASA Airborne Astronomy Ambassadors
Link: Cosmoquest: http://cosmoquest.org
Description: Today’s story:
- A ring galaxy in the early Universe.
- FINALLY! A mission to Neptune!
- The Standard Model is incomplete…
- From zapfanzapfan: Info on Trident and the Discovery selection: https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-selects-four-possible-missions-to-study-the-secrets-of-the-solar-system
Host: Fraser Cain ( @fcain )
Special Guest:
Special Guest: Dr. Dana Backman, an astrophysicist with a Ph.D. from the University of Hawai’i. He was an infrared astronomy researcher at Kitt Peak Observatory and NASA Ames, then a professor of physics & astronomy at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Dana has also taught introductory astronomy at Santa Clara U., in Stanford’s Continuing Studies Program, and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
Dana is co-author with Michael Seeds of three introductory college astronomy textbooks: Foundations, Horizons, and ASTRO.
Currently Dana directs the NASA Airborne Astronomy Ambassadors (AAA) program for the SETI Institute, bringing high school science teachers on NASA’s SOFIA flying observatory. To learn more about the AAA program, visit their website:
Regular Guest:
- Dr. Brian Koberlein ( https://briankoberlein.com/ & @BrianKoberlein )
- Chris Carr ( @therealccarr )
- Beth Johnson – SETI Institute ( @SETIInstitute / @planetarypan )
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