Ep. 605: Sounding Rockets

Astronomy Cast

Natural Sciences, Science, Astronomy

4.8 • 3.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2021

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Astronomy Cast Ep. 605: Sounding Rockets by Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Last week we talked about balloon-based astronomy. This week we're gonna talk about putting telescopes on rockets and making observations mid flight. Welcome to the wild world of sounding rockets.

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0:00.0	A Shronomy Cast Episode 605, Sounding Rockets.
0:11.7	Welcome to the Shronomy Cast, our weekly facts-based journey through the cosmos.
0:14.8	We help you understand not only what we know, but how we know what we know.
0:18.2	I'm Fraser Kane, publisher of Universe Today, with me as always, Dr. Pamela Kay.
0:22.0	I've seen your scientist for the Planetary Science Institute and the Director of Cosmic
0:26.0	Quest.
0:27.0	Hey, Pamela, how are you doing?
0:28.0	Well, and oh my goodness, you said that quickly today.
0:31.2	Did I?
0:32.2	You did.
0:33.2	Well, every time, you say something 600 plus times and you just gotta find a way to mix
0:39.5	it up to add a little, you know, something to it.
0:43.2	You're just gonna rush to launch our topic, that's all.
0:45.6	You're just gonna rush to launch our topic.
0:47.6	Yeah, exactly.
0:48.6	When you work in sounding rocket astronomy, you gotta go fast.
0:52.3	We'll just slow it down.
0:54.9	We'll take our time.
0:56.0	We'll get there.
0:57.0	And I laugh, it moves my camera.
0:58.5	I need to not do that.
0:59.5	Yeah, I noticed that.
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