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Astronomy Cast, episode 229 from Monday, April 18, 2011.

With the Senior Mission.

Welcome to Astronomy Cast, our weekly facts-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 Cain, I'm the publisher of University Day, and with me is Dr. Pamela Gaye.

I'm a professor at Southern Illinois University, Everett's Field.

How are you doing?

I'm doing well. How are you doing, Fraser?

I'm doing really well. This is still the worst summer ever, although again, you know, because we're recording in July, but it's really the April.

People under White's bad summer, but yeah, it's a terrible summer.

We're just prognosticating the weather.

Yeah, I predict that in July 2011, near Vancouver Island, the weather will be horrible.

But yeah, so did you have any more reminders?

Now, we're going to be doing the live episode of Astronomy Cast at DragonCon, Labor Day Weekend.

And we're going to be doing a special Astronomy Cast with Chloe with your daughter.

We are, right?

Yeah.

Okay.

Yeah.

At DragonCon?

Yeah, we're going to do a half hour show with Chloe.

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