{"id":16665,"date":"2018-08-31T11:02:34","date_gmt":"2018-08-31T15:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16665"},"modified":"2018-08-31T11:02:34","modified_gmt":"2018-08-31T15:02:34","slug":"video-the-planetary-post-with-robert-picardo-win-a-trip-to-florida-to-watch-a-falcon-heavy-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16665","title":{"rendered":"Video: The Planetary Post with Robert Picardo + Win a trip to Florida to watch a Falcon Heavy launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here is the latest episode of the <em>Planetary Post with Robert Picardo<\/em>\u00a0from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Planetary Society<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Robert Picardo is in Scotland so he invited a special guest host, MaryLiz Bender, to share her recent launch experiences on the Florida Space Coast.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KLvIEu__aug?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>As mentioned in the video, the Society is holding a drawing (entry with a minimum $10 donation) to win a trip to Cape Canaveral to see a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spacex.com\/falcon-heavy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SpaceX Falcon Heavy<\/a> launch that will include the Society&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.planetary.org\/explore\/projects\/lightsail-solar-sailing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LightSail-2<\/a> among the payloads:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.omaze.com\/experiences\/bill-nye-falcon-heavy-2?ref=BillNye\" target=\"_d\">Join Bill Nye for Lunch and the Launch of LightSail\u00ae 2 &#8211; Omaze.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Well, it\u2019s official: The future is here. It\u2019s in the form of the LightSail 2 launch, and who\u2019s got a front row seat? You. You\u2019ve also got an A-list guest by your side in the form of Bill Nye. You\u2019ll head to Cape Canaveral to see LightSail 2\u2014a small CubeSat created and crowdfunded by the global community of The Planetary Society supporters\u2014launch into space, deploy shiny solar sails and soar into space on beams of pure energy (aka, the light from the sun). And to get up there, it\u2019ll hitch a ride on the world\u2019s most powerful rocket, the SpaceX Falcon Heavy. Pretty cool. Watch this monumental launch with Bill, then grab a bite with him to geek out over the overwhelming awesomeness of it all. After that, you\u2019ll attend an exclusive VIP dinner for The Planetary Society, an incredible organization that introduces people to the wonders of the cosmos and empowers us all to advance space science and exploration. Flights and hotel included.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?o=1&amp;p=12&amp;l=ur1&amp;category=videogames&amp;banner=0YBSTB3PG6TJ80MABQG2&amp;f=ifr&amp;linkID=fef0176ddb8f1a2053cdf6c167e8a86b&amp;t=hobbyspace&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is the latest episode of the Planetary Post with Robert Picardo\u00a0from the Planetary Society: Robert Picardo is in Scotland so he invited a special guest host, MaryLiz Bender, to share her recent launch experiences on the Florida Space Coast. As mentioned in the video, the Society is holding a drawing (entry with a minimum &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16665\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Video: The Planetary Post with Robert Picardo + Win a trip to Florida to watch a Falcon Heavy launch<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,16,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activism","category-contests-and-games","category-spacecasts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-4kN","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":14988,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=14988","url_meta":{"origin":16665,"position":0},"title":"Video: Spacecraft Bonanza! &#8211; The Planetary Post with Robert Picardo","author":"TopSpacer","date":"September 29, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is the Planetary Society's latest Planetary Post video with Robert Picardo: https:\/\/youtu.be\/rVI4lwkIFvg From the caption: William Shatner sends a message to Voyager 1, Cassini crashes into Saturn, asteroid-seeking OSIRIS-REx gets a gravity assist, and The Planetary Society's citizen-funded solar sailing spacecraft LightSail\u00ae 2 is making news again. 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