Weekly Space Hangout: ScienceOnline 2013 Edition
This week, we broadcast the Weekly Space Hangout from the ScienceOnline 2013 conference in Raleigh, North Carolina. Fraser Cain, Nicole Gugliucci, Alan Boyle, and Amy Shira Teitel were on location in Raleigh, and then Scott Lewis and Dr. Thad Szabo reported from their offices.
This week, we talked about:
- NASA Celebrates Fallen Astronauts – Alan Boyle
- Remembering Apollo 1 Astronauts – Amy Shira Teitel
- Storm on Saturn Eats Itself – Dr. Thad Szabo
We record the Weekly Space Hangout every Friday on Google+ at 12:00 pm PST / 3:00 pm EST / 2000 GMT. You’ll want to circle Cosmoquest on Google+ to find out when we’re recording next. The audio for the Weekly Space Hangout is also released to the Astronomy Cast podcast feed.
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