{"id":1150,"date":"2013-03-15T18:39:48","date_gmt":"2013-03-15T18:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1150"},"modified":"2013-03-15T18:39:48","modified_gmt":"2013-03-15T18:39:48","slug":"bob-zimmerman-on-the-john-batchelor-show-march-1214-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1150","title":{"rendered":"Bob Zimmerman on The John Batchelor Show – March 12,14, 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bob Zimmerman<\/a> reports on the latest space news during regular weekly slots (usually Tuesday and Thursdays) on the John Batchelor<\/a> radio program. See the iTunes free Podcast<\/a> for links to the latest shows.<\/p>\n

Tuesday March 12, 2013<\/a>:
\nSegment 1: science and space
\n1. No life found in Lake Vostok, contradicting previous reports.
\n2. No life found in Gale Crator by Curiosity, though the conditions were right.
\n2. Grasshopper flies again! Also, Dragon has been unloaded at ISS.
\n3. The budget battle at NASA<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Segment 2: environment and climate:
\n1. Fukushima radiation not as bad as expected.
\n2. The dirty little secret of electric cars.
\n3. The tropical rain forests will not be harmed by global warming.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Thursday, March 14, 2013 <\/a>
\nSegment 1: Science
\n1. ALMA, the world’s largest telescope, opens today.
\n2. Pluto might have 15 moons.
\n3. WISE has found the third closest star system, a binary system only 6.5 light years away.
\n4. Russia satellite damaged by Chinese space junk from its ASAT test.<\/p>\n

Segment 2: Space exploration
\n1. Europe has inked a partnership deal with Russia for its ExoMars mission, replacing the U.S.
\n2. China says it will do a re-entry test of its lunar sample return mission in 2015.
\n3. Boeing considers building a civilian X-37B.<\/p>\n

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Bob Zimmerman reports on the latest space news during regular weekly slots (usually Tuesday and Thursdays) on the John Batchelor radio program. See the iTunes free Podcast for links to the latest shows. Tuesday March 12, 2013: Segment 1: science and space 1. No life found in Lake Vostok, contradicting previous reports. 2. 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