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We are pleased to once again welcome Casey Dreier from the Planetary Society to the WSH. Casey will update us (as much as possible) about Space Policy changes that may occur once the new American Presidential administration takes office on January 20, 2021.
Continue reading “Weekly Space Hangout: December 9, 2020 – Casey Dreier: Are Changes Coming to NASA/US Space Policy?”Podcast (wshaudio): Download (Duration: 58:15 — 26.7MB)
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This week we are excited (and honored) to welcome Dr. Jill Tarter to the Weekly Space Hangout. Best known for her work in the field of SETI, tonight Jill will be discussing the search for technosignatures.
Continue reading “Weekly Space Hangout: October 21, 2020, Dr. Jill Tarter and the Search for Technosignatures”Podcast (wshaudio): Download (Duration: 51:48 — 23.7MB)
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This week, we welcome Dr. John Kiss from the University of North Carolina, Greensboro (UNCG). Tonight, Dr. Kiss will be discussing the sensory physiology of plants in space research, including the effect of Mars’ levels of gravity on plant development.
Continue reading “Weekly Space Hangout: September 30, 2020, Dr. John Kiss Discusses the Growth of Plants in Space”Podcast (wshaudio): Download (Duration: 55:15 — 25.3MB)
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This week we are airing Fraser’s pre-recorded interview with Elizabeth Howell and Nicholas Booth, co-authors of the new book The Search for Life on Mars: The Greatest Scientific Detective Story of All Time. Their book documents our quest to find life on the Red Planet. Long-time viewers of the WSH will remember Elizabeth as one of our regular contributors from several years ago.
Continue reading “Weekly Space Hangout: June 24, 2020 — Elizabeth Howell & Nicholas Booth, The Search for Life on Mars”Podcast (wshaudio): Download (Duration: 1:00:31 — 27.7MB)
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This week we are pleased to welcome Seth Shostak to the Weekly Space Hangout. Seth is Senior Astronomer and Institute Fellow at the SETI Institute. With degrees in physics and astronomy from Princeton University and Caltech, he has a long history of research in radio astronomy and in the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, or SETI.
Continue reading “Weekly Space Hangout: May 13, 2020 – Dr. Seth Shostak from the SETI Institute”Podcast (wshaudio): Download (Duration: 58:12 — 26.7MB)
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Hosts: Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain)
Dr. Pamela Gay (Cosmoquest.org / @StarStryder )
Pam Hoffman (EverydaySpacer.com / @EverydaySpacer)
Michael Rodruck (@michaelrodruck)
Continue reading “Weekly Space Hangout: December 18, 2019 – Anita Gale, Co-founder of the Space Settlement Design Competitions”Podcast (wshaudio): Download (Duration: 52:08 — 37.2MB)
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Fraser Cain (universetoday.com / @fcain)
Annie Wilson (@BinaryAblaze)
Pamela Hoffman (http://everydayspacer.com/ / @EverydaySpacer)
Veranika “Nika” Klimovich
Emmy Award-winning television host and producer Geoff Notkin starred in three seasons of the cult television adventure series Meteorite Men for Science Channel and two seasons of the educational series STEM Journals for Cox Media. He has also appeared in shows for Discovery, NASA EDGE, TLC, PBS, A&E, National Geographic Channel, History Channel, Travel Channel, and the BBC. He is a science writer, meteorite specialist, photographer, world traveler, and CEO of Aerolite Meteorites Inc, a leader in meteorite research and recovery. Continue reading “Weekly Space Hangout: October 2, 2019 – Geoff Notkin, President of the National Space Society”
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