Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain)
Guests: Scott Lewis, Morgan Rehnberg, Casey Dreier
This Week’s Stories:
Morgan Rehnberg (cosmicchatter.org / @cosmic_chatter):
A virtual Universe (Illustris)
Cosmos
Rover Plants
Scott Lewis (@ScientificScott):
One Sky
New Earthrise photo
Casey Dreier (@exploreplanets, Planetary.org):
The House *Increases* NASA’s Budget by half a billion dollars
Planetary Science upped to $1.45B for 2015 in the House
SpaceX scrubbed launch
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