EUSci Podcast Extra – Interview with Dr. Phil Plait
March 31st, 2009 Posted in PodcastFor those who, like me, cannot hear enough about astronomy, here’s a special treat. We’ve put up the full version of the interview that I did with Dr. Phil Plait, astronomer, skeptic and blogger.
Things we talked about:
- His Bad Astronomy Blog and why astronomy matters.
- The International Year of Astronomy, and the activities associated with it: 365 Days of Astronomy, She is an Astronomer, the Galileoscope.
- Find out what’s above you: Your Sky and Heavens Above.
- His work on the Hubble Space Telescope.
- The James Webb Space Telescope and the funding situation for astronomy.
- His new book, Death From the Skies (go buy it).
- JREF and The Amazing Meeting (coming to London in October!).
- The dangers of space exploration, including the ISS near-miss.
- And his favourite astronomical object.
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