Looking in on some Citizen Science projects

Checking the blogs at some citizen science projects:

* Moon Zoo:

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* Planet Hunters

* Galaxy Zoo:

* Planet Four :

 

Adelaide Orchestra live accompaniment to 2001: A Space Odyssey

On March 8 and 9 at the Adelaide Festival, the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and 60-voice Adelaide Chamber Singers performed live the soundtrack music to showings of the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Here is a review of the movie and the musical performance: 2001: A Space Odyssey with Adelaide Symphony Orchestra and Adelaide Chamber Singers conducted by Robert Ziegler – review – Alex Needham/guardian.co.uk

Robert Ziegler, the conductor, writes here about the challenges of such a performance: What I’m thinking about … conducting Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey – guardian.co.uk.

The Comet threat to Mars + Stopping a comet heading for Earth + 2013 Planetary Defense Conference

Alan Boyle writes about the possibility that Comet 2013 A1 (aka Comet Siding Spring) might hit Mars and how this might affect attitudes on earth about the threat of comet and asteroid impacts on earth: ‘Marsageddon’ comet scenario adds to concerns about threats from space – Cosmic Log.

He also discusses the writeup – Warning Shots – Space Access Update #130 – 3/4/13, by Henry Vanderbilt of the Space Access Society, on whether we could prevent such a cometary hit if we only had two years of warning.

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Michale Belfiore points to the 2013 IAA Planetary Defense Conference, 15-19 April, 2013 in Flagstaff, Arizona, USA, where such issues will be discussed: Planetary Defense Conference 2013 – Michael Belfiore.

The Space Show: SpaceIL team leader + Yuri’s Night director [+ Neil deGrasse Tyson]

Yonatan Winetraub of the Israeli SpaceIL team in the Google Lunar X PRIZE competition spoke was interview on the Space Show on Thursday: Yonatan Winetraub, SpaceIL, Thursday, 3-7-13 | Thespaceshow’s Blog

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Dr. Ryan Kobrick, Executive Director of Yuri’s Night World Space Party talked about Yuri’s Night 2013 celebration plans on the Space Show on Friday: Dr. Ryan Kobrick, Yuri’s Night, Friday, 3-8-13 – TheSpaceshow’s Blog.

Update:  And here is Friday’s interview with Neil deGrasse Tyson: Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, Friday, 3-8-13 – Thespaceshow’s Blog

Everyone can participate in space