Weekly Space Hangout – December 13, 2013 – Europa’s Water Jets and Chinese Lunar Lander
Host: Fraser Cain
Guests: David Dickinson, Amy Shira Teitel, Jason Major, Nicole Gugliucci
David:
The Geminid meteors
China landing on the Moon
Space Station Coolant Issues
Fraser:
The Year in Space Calendar Giveaway on Universe Today
Kerbal Space Program game on sale on Steam TODAY!
UT’s Phases of the Moon App on iOS is FREE Monday, 12/16/2013
Jason:
Jets on Europa
Star not a star
Lakes on Titan
Amy:
Exoplanet with the biggest orbit
Nicole:
New Cosmoquest Android App – Earth or not Earth?
Molecular cloud M51
We record the Weekly Space Hangout every Friday at 12:00 pm Pacific / 3:00 pm Eastern. You can watch us live on Google+, Universe Today, or the Universe Today YouTube page.
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