{"id":629,"date":"2013-02-15T00:16:08","date_gmt":"2013-02-15T00:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=629"},"modified":"2013-02-15T01:18:31","modified_gmt":"2013-02-15T01:18:31","slug":"space-news-from-bob-zimmerman-on-the-john-batchelor-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=629","title":{"rendered":"Space news from Bob Zimmerman on the John Batchelor Show"},"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

This week Bob was on both the Tuesday and Wednesday shows and will be on again tonight. Here is what he has talked about so far:<\/p>\n

Tuesday<\/strong><\/a>: Science:
\nLife found in Lake Whillans.
\nHelp name two of Pluto’s moons.
\nCuriosity drills its first rock.
\nThe founder of the Green movement rejects the modern Green movement.
\nThe weak solar maximum continues<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Wednesday<\/strong><\/a>: Space:
\nOrion parachute tests.
\nSea Launch’s problems: a failed launch last week plus Boeing is suing them.
\nRussia and Kazakhstan apparently have an agreement. Also, Proton flights are to resume, despite problems with upper stage.<\/p>\n

Update<\/strong>: Here are the Thursday topics –
\nAntares hot fire test aborts just before initiation.
\nThe next Dragon flight is now set for March 1.
\nAsteroid 2012 DA14. There is a lot to talk about here.
\n-are the minerals on it worth $195 billion?
\n-the various asteroid mining companies are all using it to sell their wares.
\n-the possibility of asteroid quakes as it goes by.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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. This week Bob was on both the Tuesday and Wednesday shows and will be on again tonight. Here is what he has … Continue reading Space news from Bob Zimmerman on the John Batchelor Show<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_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":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-activism","category-general"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-a9","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1918,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=1918","url_meta":{"origin":629,"position":0},"title":"Space on the John Batchelor Show: Bob Zimmerman and Hotel Mars – April 23-25","author":"TopSpacer","date":"April 27, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Bob Zimmerman reports on the latest space news during regular weekly slots (usually Tuesday and Thursdays) on the John Batchelor radio program. 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