Astronomycast Episode 470 Modern sci-fi for the Science

lover Part 2 Welcome to Astronomycast, a weekly

fax-based journey through the cosmos where we help you understand not only what we know

but how we know what we know.

My name is Fraser Kane and the publisher of the University Day with me, as always, is

Dr. Pamela Gay, the Director of Technology and Citizen Science at the Astronomical Society

of the Pacific and the Director of Cosmic Quest.

Hey Pamela, how you doing?

I'm doing well.

How are you doing, Fraser?

Doing great.

So we are going to continue on our exploration into some science fiction and we're both

gigantic fans of 3D printing.

I got a ton of interesting stories of 3D printing in the real world but you pitched

this idea of how it's kind of explored in science fiction.

I think that's going to be a lot of fun.

Anything to recommend announced disgust before we move on to this week's episode?

Do citizen science while you're listening if you're not otherwise occupied?

So it occurs to me when I'm listening to podcasts, I'm like doing laundry, cleaning the house,

walking the dog, driving the car.

And sometimes I'm doing stuff online.

If you are currently sitting there, unsure what to do to occupy the parts of your brain

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