Ep. 731: Neil Gehrels

Astronomy Cast

Science, Astronomy, Natural Sciences, Space

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🗓️ 28 October 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Astronomy Cast Ep. 731: Neil Gehrels By Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Oct 21, 2024. Last week we talked about the Neil Gerhels Swift Telescope, this week we’ll be talking about the man behind the mission. Gerhels was the principle investigator behind many missions, including Swift. Hosted by: Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela L. Gay. SUPPORTED BY YOU! This Episode is made possible thanks to our Patrons on Patreon. Join at the Galaxy Group level or higher to be listed in our YouTube videos. Thanks to: Andrew Poelstra, BogieNet, Brian Cagle, David, David Truog, Ed, Gerhard, Schwarzer, Jeanette Wink, Siggi Kemmler, Stephen Veit

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0:00.0	Oh, Oh, Aströstronomy cast, episode 731, Neil Garrels.
0:53.4	Welcome to Astronomy Cast our weekly Facts-based journey through the Cosmos,
0:56.3	where we help you understand not only what we know, but how we know what we know.
0:59.6	I'm Fraser Kane, I'm the publisher of the universe today,
1:02.0	with me as always is Dr. Pamela Gay, a
1:04.0	senior scientist for the Planetary Science Institute and the director of
1:08.0	Cosmo quest. Hey Pamela how you doing? I am doing well. It is
1:11.8	October 21st, which means we are so close to Halloween and
1:18.0	makes you happy. I have all of the excites. Do you get trickery? You live at the end of like a super long driveway.
1:27.0	You have a sad light now.
1:28.0	No. No. No. And now that I now the kids are out the door and don't do that kind of thing anymore.
1:35.0	It used to be, we would, one of us would stay home, handle the trick-or-truities,
1:39.6	the other one of us would take the kids to a denser place where there was a lot more trick or
1:43.8	treating going on and they could harvest more candy but now no nobody comes our
1:50.6	way so so Halloween is just like a, oh it's Halloween, oh yeah, huh?
1:56.0	Oh, that's tragic.
1:59.0	Well, it's just a phase in our lives.
2:01.5	I know.
2:02.5	See, I live, we have no children, but I live in that neighborhood everyone goes to.
2:11.0	And the thing I am excited about is, so Obama was my senator back when he was elected, so he had a lot of local support.
2:21.0	And the year it was that presidential election a lot of the kids
2:25.7	would knock on the door and instead of trick-or-treat they would say vote for
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