Host: Fraser Cain
Guests: Mike Simmons from Astronomers without Borders, Nicole Gugliucci, Jason Major, Casey Dreier, Brian Koberlein, Nancy Atkinson, Morgan Rehnberg, David Dickinson
Stories:
Mike:
Astronomers without Borders
Fraser:
John Dobson, Inventor of the Dobsonian Telescope, dead at 98
Casey:
Congressional Budget for NASA
2014 Legislative Blitz, Feb 23 – 25th
Morgan:
Impact of 2014 budget on NASA/NSF
Jason:
Rosetta’s Wake Up Call
Nicole:
CosmoQuest’s “Wake Up, Rosetta!” Hangout
“Normal” galaxy in the early Universe
Massive Black Holes are Everywhere!
Nancy:
The Rock that Appeared Out of Nowhere on Mars
Brian:
Testing the shape of the universe
David:
Mini-Moon
Jupiter+Moons from Michael Phillips
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