01/24/14--Weekly Space Hangout - LEGO Mars Rover, the Supernova!
Channel: astrospherevids
Date: 2014-03-13

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Streamed live on Jan 24, 2014
Host: Fraser CainSpecial Guests: Stephen Pakbaz, designer of the LEGO Mars Rover Kit, and Ray Sanders from CosmoQuest, who is unboxing and building the kit as we hang out!Astrojournalists: Morgan Rehnberg, Sondy Springmann, Elizabeth Howell, Casey Dreier, David Dickinson, Nicole Gugliucci, Mike SimmonsToday's Stories -- we've got a whole bunch this week!Casey Dreier (planetary.org):Opportunity's 10th birthday!
Legislative Blitz in D.C.NASA shuts down the ASRG program (plutonium-238)Rosetta Wakes Up!Sondy Springmann (@sondy):Water on Ceres?
Arecibo earthquake!Nicole Gugliucci (Cosmoquest.org / @NoisyAstronomer):Chang'e's Lunar PanoramaSupernova in M82 -- and we've got footage of where we caught it pre-discovery on Sun, Jan 19, in the Virtual Star Party, but no one realized it was there!Cosmo AcademyElizabeth Howell (@howellspace):Mock Mars missionWill Spacewalks Happen On Expedition 40? NASA Undecided Due To Leak InvestigationMorgan Rehnberg (cosmicchatter.org / @cosmic_chatter):Benchmarking NASA's quantum computerDavid Dickinson (@Astroguyz):The Moon meets Saturn this WeekendVideo of Venus thru Inferior ConjunctionVideo of Jupiter rotationMike Simmons (Astronomers without Borders):John Dobson bioWe record the Weekly Space Hangout every Friday at 12:00 pm Pacific / 3:00 pm Eastern. You can watch us live on Google+, Universe Today, or the Universe Today YouTube page.Read more: ‪http://www.universetoday.com/108544/w...‬ unbox and try to build the new Curiosity Rover LEGO model during the show, and we'll also have the designer of the kit, +Stephen Pakbaz on hand to talk about how it came to be.
Links from Nicole:
Here's the Curiosity LEGO kit http://shop.lego.com/en-US/NASA-Mars-Science-Laboratory-Curiosity-Rover-21104
Congress Blitz w/ +Casey Dreier - http://www.planetary.org/blogs/casey-dreier/2014/0117-lets-blitz-congress-with-the-space-exploration-alliance.html
Closing ASRG program, by +Casey Dreier - http://www.planetary.org/blogs/casey-dreier/2014/0123-lockheed-closes-out-the-asrg-program-and-ships-hardware-to-nasa-glenn.html
Rosetta is awake! http://www.planetary.org/blogs/guest-blogs/2014/20140121-rosetta-update-from-mission-control.html
Water vapor plumes on Ceres! by +Nancy Atkinson (+Alessondra Springmann talking about it) http://www.universetoday.com/108415/herschel-discovers-water-vapor-spewing-from-ceres/
Ceres Series, Part 1 - Destination Ceres: Icy World Revealed?
Ceres Series Part 2 - Dawn Hangout: Ceres - Great Expectations
Ceres Series Part 3 - Dawn Mission: Hubble Inspired
Supernova in M82 http://cosmoquest.org/x/blog/2014/01/supernova-alert/and http://news.discovery.com/space/astronomy/supernova-erupts-in-nearby-galaxy-m82-140122.htm
Mock Mars Mission: http://www.space.com/24175-mock-mars-mission-complete-coverage.html?cmpid=514648
Quantum Computing w/ +Morgan Rehnberg - http://cosmicchatter.org/news/2014/1/20/could-quantum-computers-solve-the-big-data-crunch
Rotation of Jupiter - http://www.universetoday.com/108357/watch-an-amazing-mesmerizing-full-rotation-of-jupiter/ by +Michael A. Phillips 
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