After last week's non-episode, the Weekly Space Hangout roared back to life. We had big news on the Government Shutdown, the Earth flyby from the Juno spacecraft, and a big update on Comet ISON.
We also had a special guest, author and journalist Lee Billings, who was here to talk about his newest book,
Five Billion Years of Solitude
. Lee talked about his work on the book, and the state of extrasolar planet research in general.
Here was the team:
Host: Fraser Cain
Panel: Casey Dreier, Nancy Atkinson, Amy Shira Teitel, Jason Major, and David Dickinson
Special Guest: Lee Billings
Stories:
Government Shutdown Continues
Juno Flyby
Triple Transit on Jupiter
Death of astronaut Scott Carpenter
45th Anniversary of Apollo 7
Update on Comet ISON
Iranian Space Cat May Fly
Strange Cloud Seen From the Station
We broadcast the Weekly Space Hangout every Friday afternoon as a Google+ Hangout on Air. You can watch us live on Google+, or on
YouTube
, or right here on Universe Today. We start at 12:00 pm Pacific / 3:00 pm Eastern.