Wednesday Dec 16, 2020
Space Part 2 (Signs of Life)
Episode 67
Did you hear? Scientists found life on Venus! Well... Not quite. But maybe! Also maybe not... It's all a bit uncertain, but we're here to untangle it for you. We're talking biosignatures, poop on the moon, rainbow fingerprints, corned beef space sandwiches, and our future tardigrade overlords. It's a lot of fun!
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produced by Zack Jackson
music by Zack Jackson and Barton Willis
Show Notes
Arecibo collapses: https://www.npr.org/2020/12/01/940767001/arecibo-observatory-telescope-collapses-ending-an-era-of-world-class-research
Poop on the moon: https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2019/3/22/18236125/apollo-moon-poop-mars-science
https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/moon-mars/a13598/is-there-poop-on-the-moon-17630231/
Astrobiology intro: https://astrobiology.nasa.gov/about/history-of-astrobiology/
Spectroscopy: https://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/science/toolbox/spectra1.html
Big bird in space: https://www.history.com/news/big-bird-challenger-disaster-nasa-sesame-street
Corned beef sandwich in space: https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/02/22/corned-beef-sandwich-in-space/
https://www.space.com/39341-john-young-smuggled-corned-beef-space.html
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