Weekly Space Hangout – February 21, 2014: Two-Man Show!
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain)
Astrojournalist: Morgan Rehnberg (cosmicchatter.org / @cosmic_chatter)
This Week’s Stories:
ESA evaluates Uranus and Neptune missions
Curiosity changing its driving patterns
Asteroid Near Miss
Opportunity Seen From Space
Kepler Video
Astrology is Scientific
ESA planet hunter
What’s that Jelly Donut?
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