{"id":320,"date":"2016-04-01T09:09:47","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T08:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awesomeastronomy.com\/?p=320"},"modified":"2019-06-03T21:24:07","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T21:24:07","slug":"46-april-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awesomeastronomy.com\/index.php\/2016\/04\/01\/46-april-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"#46 &#8211; April 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe style=\"display:block;\"  src=\"https:\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/4263902\/height\/360\/theme\/standard\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/\" height=\"360\" width=\"100%\" placement=\"top\" theme=\"standard\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"podcast-class\" frameborder=\"0\" custom_color=\"75942D\"><\/iframe><br \/><br \/><br \/><a class=\"libsyn-download-link\" href =\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/awesomeastronomy\/Episode_46_Flumps.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Download Episode!<\/a><br \/><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<p>The Discussion: This month Jeni has a PhD offer that\u2019s getting us all excited, Paul\u2019s been clocking up the miles to teach science and astronomy to schools and Ralph\u2019s just excited because he\u2019s got a new telescope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mat &amp; Phil from Project Helium Tears join us again on the day they launched their 2nd Star Wars themed balloon to the edge of space. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The News: We start the news with last month\u2019s total solar eclipse seen from parts of Asia before explaining the research that suggests an ancient cataclysm caused Mars crust &amp; mantle to shift. Then we discuss the launch of ESA\u2019s Exomars part 1. And we finish with a round-up of the news from NASA\u2019s Insight mission, the 1st analysis of the atmosphere of a super earth exoplanet atmosphere and the latest SpaceX attempt to bring down the cost of commercial spaceflight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Interview: For the interview this month we welcome Apollo 12 lunar module pilot and Skylab 2 commander Alan Bean. We discuss:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li> 44 years of humans staying in Low Earth Orbit <\/li><li> Nearly missing out on walking on the moon due to lightning <\/li><li> Saving the Apollo 12 mission <\/li><li> The colourful crew of Apollo 12 <\/li><li> Finding organic matter in lunar orbit <\/li><li> Competing with smarter astronauts \u2013 and not being Clint Eastwood! <\/li><li> A moonwalker\u2019s impressions of the moon <\/li><li> The feeling of the moon\u2019s surface underfoot <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>And the full hour long interview with Alan Bean will be released in May 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Woobusters: Continuing our quest to debunk the myths and conspiracy theories that persist in every dark corner of the news and the internet. 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