Meteorites ROCK! with Greg Brennecka, author of Impact - The Cosmic Companion 25 Jan. 2022

We look at meteorites with the author of How Rocks from Space Led to Life, Culture, and Donkey Kong

Rocks from space have affected Earth since long before the human race. We talk with Greg Brennecka, author of Impact: How Rocks from Space Led to Life, Culture, and Donkey Kong

Hello, everyone!

This week on The Cosmic Companion, we look at meteorites, and the role they play in shaping our planet and the history of the human race. We will be talking with Greg Brennecka, author of Impact How Rocks from Space Led to Life, Culture, and Donkey Kong.

Earth is constantly impacted by material from space. Most of this debris is small - the size of an apple seed or smaller. As these pebbles from space race through our atmosphere, they burn away as meteors, or shooting stars, which can, sometimes, be seen by curious eyes gazing upward to the heavens. 

Occasionally, some of the larger pieces survive their incendiary sojourn through our atmosphere, landing on Earth as meteorites.

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Greg Brennecka visits The Cosmic Companion 25 January 2022. Video credit: The Cosmic Companion.

My apologies for having this newsletter out a day late - (good) personal issues are causing delays. Everything should be back to.. nominal… after I return from break on 1 March. - JM

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Coming Up on The Cosmic Companion:

1 February (s6/e4): The Future of Living in Space with Paul Albert-Lebrun, Product Manager at Kepler Communications.

8 February (s6/e5): Just Look Up: Comets and Earth with Dr. Pedro Bernardinelli, co-discoverer of the largest comet ever seen.

15 February: No show

22 February: No show

1 March (s6/e6): Celebrating Women in Science with Clare Fieseler, co-author of National Geographic’s No Boundaries: 25 Women Explorers and Scientists Share Adventures, Inspiration, and Advice

plus – Kim Macharia, Executive Director of Space Prize – advancing young women in STEAM.

8 March (s6/e7): Artemis and Apollo with Pioneering Apollo Engineer and feminist advocate Poppy Northcutt, talking about Apollo, being the first female engineer ever at NASA mission control, and more.

15 March (s6/e8): Artificial Moon: Satellites Past, Present, and Future with Marc Bell, CEO of Terran Orbital

22 March (s6/e9): Our Fragile Planet: Exploring Earth from Space with (VERY!) special guest TBA.

Clear skies!

James

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