Weekly Space Hangout – Dec 4: Mark Jackson of Fiat Physica

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eR4mHpIWous

Streamed live on Dec 4, 2015

Join Fraser Cain and a rotating crew of space journalists to talk about the biggest news in space and astronomy.
This week’s guest: Mark Jackson is president of Fiat Physica, a crowdfunding platform exclusively for space and astronomy outreach and research.

Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain)

Special Guest: Mark Jackson is president of Fiat Physica, a crowdfunding platform exclusively for space and astronomy outreach and research.

Guests:
Morgan Rehnberg ( cosmicchatter.org / @MorganRehnberg )
Alessondra Springmann ( @sondy )
Paul Matt Sutter ( pmsutter.com / @PaulMattSutter )
Dave Dickinson ( @astroguyz / www.astroguyz.com )
Brian Koberlein ( @briankoberlein / briankoberlein.com / http://ift.tt/1IJl8nz )

Stories:

– TMT blues

– Blue skies for an exoplanet

– The Moon occults Venus in the daytime

– Blue Origin launches & lands!

– SpaceX will land in Florida next!

– Amazon drone?

– Hairy dark matter?

– TMT on the Moon?

– Orbital ATK/Cygnus launch?

– Lisa Pathfinder launched successfully!

– Using light to simulate time travel. Simulate only…

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