Weekly Space Hangout – June 7, 2012
In this week’s episode of the Weekly Space Hangout, Universe Today’s Fraser Cain is joined by Alan Boyle from MSNBC and Amy Shira Teitel from Vintage Space.
They discussed:
- The 2012 Transit of Venus
- The space shuttle Enterprise’s final journey to a museum.
- NASA’s new plans for commercializing space
- A quick review of the new movie Prometheus
We record the Weekly Space Hangout live every Thursday at 10 am Pacific/ 1 pm Eastern. Watch us record the show live on Google+ every week. The show is also broadcast live over on Cosmoquest.
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