Weekly Space Hangout - February 17, 2017: Samuel Mason, Director of the Tesla Science Foundation

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Host: Fraser Cain (

@fcain

)

Special Guest:

Samuel Mason is the Director of the

Tesla Science Foundation, NJ Chapter.

The mission of the Tesla Science Foundation is to establish and promote the recognition and awareness of Nikola Tesla's inventions, patents, theories, philosophies, lectures, and innovations.

Guests:

Morgan Rehnberg (

MorganRehnberg.com

/

@MorganRehnberg

) Kimberly Cartier (

KimberlyCartier.org

/

@AstroKimCartier

)

Their stories this week:

Expert panel tells Congress NASA is underfunded for human space flight

Will NASA put a crew on the first SLS flight?

Fixing the Big Bang's lithium problem

Home-grown organic materials found on Ceres

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Fraser Cain

Fraser Cain

Fraser Cain is the publisher of Universe Today, founding the website in March 1999. He's also the co-host of Astronomy Cast.