Weekly Space Hangout – Sept. 19, 2014: Private Spaceflight!
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain)
Guests:
Morgan Rehnberg (cosmicchatter.org / @cosmic_chatter)
Brian Koberlein (@briankoberlein)
Ramin Skibba (@raminskibba)
This Week’s Stories:
Updates on private spaceflight
NASA inspector general critisizes asteroid search
Rosetta landing site
citizen science
New AMS results
Ultra-compact dwarf galaxy
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