Weekly Space Hangout - October 11, 2013: Government Shutdown, Juno Flyby, ISON Update

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

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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.