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Astronomycast, episode 262 from Monday, April 23, 2012. Solar Sales.

Welcome to Astronomycast from Weekly Facts Based Journey to 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, a professor at Southern Illinois University, Everdsville.

I Pamela, how are you doing?

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

Doing really well. Now I think we need to give people another reminder that the world is not going to end this year, and we'll be there to celebrate its continued existence.

Yes, so we are going to be going on a, the world is not ending cruise, and you are all invited to join us.

It's a cruise that goes out of Miami, leaving December 16th, and travels to a bunch of awesome places, to a couple of awesome countries.

And we're actually going to spend the day the world is supposed to end at Mayan Ruins, and I just, I love archaeology.

So, we're doing this, and we're inviting you to do this with us.

And if you go to astrosphere.org, which is the nonprofit that co-sponsors this particular podcast, there's all the information that you need to sign up.

And basically we're working with the travel agent, her name Zelda, and when you call it Zelda, just tell her a astronomy cast sent you, and she'll get you all hooked up with cruise tickets, and an awesome chance to be in on a bunch of private records.

A bunch of private recordings, a bunch of special events, and getting to see me look foolish trying to climb around archaeological sites.

And the actual cruise itself, there's a ton of really interesting stuff on it. David Brinn is going to be there, a bunch of astronauts, other astronomers.

So it's going to be a very space-focused cruise, and so if that's your thing, we'd love to have you guys join us.

So, like I said, go astrosphere.org, there's a link there, and then make sure that you say that astronomy cast sent you, so that we know that we will know how many people are going to be coming to sort of participate in the things that we're trying to do.

Yeah, and how awesome is it that our travel agent's name is Zelda?

Zelda, yeah.

For the end of the world, it has been prophesied that we will be going to the Mayan ruins by Zelda.

Alright.

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