The Invisible In-Between

Big Picture Science

Science, Technology

4.5 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2012

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

To need air is human. Our lungs thank us for each breath we take. But air is more than a transporter of O2. It shapes our weather, keeps birds aloft and moves spores from here to there. A cubic foot of air is anything but “empty” (hot dog grease particles, anyone?). The same goes for space (minus the hot dog grease). It’s a happening place. Discover why interstellar space is more than a whole lot o’ nothing; and what happens when the Voyager spacecraft leaves our solar system. Plus, catch a skydiver in action! Guests: • Mako Igarashi – Skydiving instructor, Skydive Hollister, Hollister, CA • Rhett Allain – Physicist at Southeastern Louisiana University, blogger for Wired.com • William Bryant Logan – Author of Air: The Restless Shaper of the World • Robert Wagoner – Emeritus professor of physics, Stanford University • Alex Filippenko – Astronomer, University of California, Berkeley • Ed Stone – Physicist at CalTech, former Director of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, project scientist for the Voyager mission Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:54.0	You're putting on some kind of pants.
0:57.0	You're putting on some kind of pants.
1:02.0	What are those? These are my jump pants. These give me control while I'm falling. So it's my steering device.
1:11.0	You steer with your pants? Yeah basically the more drag I have on my legs
1:16.0	that's why we have the bells on these pants right here that gives me more drag on my
1:20.4	legs so when I turn my legs basically that will give me more control to turn.
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