The Skeptics Guide #163 - Sep 3 2008

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

Dr. Steven Novella MD

Science, Skeptic, Paranormal, Skepticism, Psuedoscience, Fringe-science

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🗓️ 6 September 2008

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

SGU Live from DragonCon 2008 with special guests James Randi, Pamela Gay, and Derek Colanduno
News Items: The Milky Ways Supermassive Blackhole
Live Questions
Science or Fiction

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Skeptics Guide to the Universe.
0:07.3	Your escape to reality.
0:12.2	Hello and welcome to the Skeptics Guide to the Universe.
0:14.8	Today is Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008, and this is your host, Stephen Novella, president
0:20.7	of the New England Skeptical Society.
0:23.0	Joining me this evening are Bob Novella, everybody, Rebecca Watson, and Evan Bernstein.
0:29.9	Hi everyone, and it was on this very day in 1976 that the Viking 2 landed on Mars.
0:37.9	Wow, exciting stuff.
0:39.9	That is exciting.
0:40.9	Our exploration of Mars has been kind of roller coaster.
0:43.9	Hit mess.
0:44.9	Hit mess, yeah.
0:45.9	That's exactly right.
0:47.9	That was one of the successes.
0:49.9	Viking 2 lasted a long time.
0:51.9	It was 1281 Mars days, and the batteries failed in April of 1980.
0:58.9	They got several good years of data.
1:01.9	Now we got the Phoenix up there, and at the end of the summer, so coming up soon we should
1:07.7	get our follow-up report.
1:08.7	Hopefully we'll get a follow-up on the Phoenix soon.
1:12.1	So Bob, Evan and I are now back from Dragon Con.
1:14.9	We spent our weekend in Atlanta, Georgia looking at people in really cool costumes.
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