Joshua Ravich and Andrew Fazekas - Astronomy News with The Cosmic Companion April 20, 2021
We talk with Andrew Fazekas, Nat Geo's Night Sky guy, and NASA's Joshua Ravich, engineer on the Ingenuity helicopter on Mars
This week, we have a pair of amazing guests. First, we talk to Joshua Ravich, NASA’s lead mechanical engineer for the Ingenuity helicopter on Mars. We will discuss the design, testing, operation of this remarkable little robotic explorer. Next, we will be joined by Andrew Fazekas, National Geographic's Night Sky Guy, discussing amateur astronomy, science, and exploring the Cosmos.
But, first, we'll examine a new study showing ways that oxygen might be produced on planets in the absence of life, and what that could mean in the search for extraterrestrial life. Next, we look in on a newly-discovered rocky world not far from our own home. Then, we journey out to the edge of out planetary family, where the New Horizons spacecraft reaches a historic milestone.
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Join us next week on Astronomy News with The Cosmic Companion, when we talk with Ohad Harlev, CEO of Lyte Loop, about revolutionary new technology to store data in space.
Plus - just added - on May 4, we talk with Dr. Stella Kafka, CEO and Executive Director of the American Association of Variable Star Observers!
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