Mar 25, 2024
Astronomy Cast Ep. 713: Solar System Volcanoes
by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay
Streamed live on Mar 18, 2024.
Last week was one of the most exciting meetings we’ve seen from the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, with hundreds of announcements and discoveries from various missions. One theme kept coming up, the...
Mar 18, 2024
Astronomy Cast Ep. 712: How Peer Review Fails
by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay
Streamed live on Mar 11, 2024.
You’ve probably heard that the best kind of science is peer-reviewed research published in a prestigious journal. But peer review has problems of its own. We’ll talk about that today.
This video was made...
Mar 11, 2024
Astronomy Cast Ep. 711: NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC)
by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay
Streamed live March 4, 2024.
NASA works on many missions using tried and true technology, but they also invest in creative ideas that could drive the future of space exploration. It’s called NASA’s Innovative Advanced...
Mar 4, 2024
Astronomy Cast Ep. 710: NASA's Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) Program
by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay
Streamed live on Feb 26, 2024.
In the olden days, NASA developed its missions using a variety of in-house engineers and external suppliers. As more commercial companies are targeting the Moon, NASA is working...
Feb 26, 2024
Astronomy Cast Ep. 709: Space Weapons
by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay
Streamed live on Feb 19, 2024.
[My apologies for Fraser’s audio dropouts. We’re not sure how it happened as it wasn’t happening at his studio. Audio is a black art, IMHO. Rich)
Last week we learned that Russia might be planning nuclear weapons...