Podcaster: Host : Dr. Pamela Gay ; Guest: Dr. Oliver Witasse, Dr. Kimberly Cartier, Allen Versfeld, Veranika (Nika) Klimovich
Title: Weekly Space Hangout – Guest: Dr. Olivier Witasse, Project Scientist, the JUICE Mission
Link: Cosmoquest: http://cosmoquest.org
Description: Today’s story:
- The fight to save Arecibo.
- Chang’e-5 heads to the Moon.
- A fossil galaxy deep within the Milky Way!
Host: Fraser Cain ( @fcain )
Special Guest:
This week we are airing Fraser’s pre-recorded interview with Dr. Olivier Witasse, Project Scientist on the JUICE mission.
Olivier studied fundamental physics and astrophysics at the universities of Paris XI (Orsay) and Lyon between 1990 and 1996. He obtained a PhD at the University of Grenoble in 2000.
In 1995, he successfully completed the exams to become a teacher of Physics and Chemistry. He taught physics during his military service, and during his PhD at the university.
He joined ESA as a staff member in 2003, after a two-year research fellowship at ESTEC and a four-month post doc at the Royal Observatory of Belgium. In 2015, Olivier joined the JUICE project.
Regular Guests:
- Dr. Kimberly Cartier ( http://KimberlyCartier.org & @AstroKimCartier )
- Allen Versfeld ( http://www.urban-astronomer.com / @uastronomer )
- Veranika (Nika) Klimovich ( @veranikaspace / Pictame: @nika_klim )
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