Ep. 347: Live from Balticon!

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (0.0KB) Ep. 347: Live from Balticon! Jump to Shownotes Jump to Transcript Show Notes Sponsors: 8th Light and Swinburne Astronomy Online BaltiCon P.G. Holyfield P.G.’s website “Murder at Avedon Hill” NaNoWriMo “Hanny and the...

Ep. 343: The Universe is Trying To Kill You

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (0.0KB) We always say that the Universe is trying to kill you, but we thought we’d really hammer the point home. Dr. Phil Plait from Bad Astronomy joins Fraser Cain for a very special episode of Astronomy Cast. Join us as we hammer out all the ways the...

Ep. 341: 45th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (0.0KB) Pamela has a day job, remember? As an astronomer? Recently the 45th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference occurred in the The Woodlands, Texas. Pamela and guest astronomer Sondy Springmann will let us know about the big announcements made at this...

Ep. 340: Wernher von Braun

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (0.0KB) When the United States helped defeat Germany at the end of World War II, they acquired the German rocket scientist Wernher von Braun. He had already developed the German V2 rocket program, and went on to design all the major hardware of the US rocket...

Ep. 331: Arthur C. Clarke’s Technologies

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (0.0KB) In our previous episode, we introduced Arthur C. Clarke, the amazing man and science fiction writer. Today we’ll be discussing his legacy and ideas on space exploration. You’ll be amazed to hear how many of the ideas we take for granted were invented or...

Ep. 330: Arthur C. Clarke

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (0.0KB) Arthur C. Clarke was one of the greatest science fiction writers of all time. He defined the genre, and revolutionized our ideas about what it will take to become a true space faring civilization. In the first of our two part series on Arthur C. Clarke, we...