Rosetta Round-up with UBS and Special Guests!




Astronomy.FM show

Summary: (http://astronomy.fm/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Rosetta_mission_poster-724x1024.jpg)AFM's Under British Skies (http://astronomy.fm/under-british-skies/) crew returns to radio Sunday, Aug 17, 1900 UTC / 3pm ET with an exciting program featuring key players of ESA's Rosetta comet mission! UBS hosts - Richie Jarvis, Paul Harper, Nick Howes, Nick Evetts, and Jane Green - will talk with their guests about Rosetta's latest accomplishments (http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta) and future goals; the science of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko; how amateur astronomers are contributing to this mission; and how you can follow the latest updates. We'll also have the AFM chatroom (http://astronomy.fm/chat/) open to accept your comments and questions! OUR "ALL-STAR" (all-comet?) GUEST LIST INCLUDES: Dr. Matt Taylor - European Space Agency (ESA); Project Scientist for Rosetta Dr. Claudia Alexander - Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL); US/Project Scientist for Rosetta Dr. Colin Snodgrass - Marie Curie post-doctoral fellow at Max Planck Institute; Works with the OSIRIS team on Rosetta Dr. Joel Parker - Southwest Research Institute (SwRI); Deputy Principal Investigator for Rosetta/ALICE Dr. Padma Yanamandra-Fisher - Space Science Institute (SSI); The PACA Project; Rosetta Coordinator of Amateur Observations of 67P Wanna know more about the Rosetta mission? Click here (http://blogs.esa.int/rosetta/) to read the ESA Rosetta blog; here (https://twitter.com/ESA_Rosetta) to follow the ESA Rosetta Twitter updates, here (http://sci.esa.int/where_is_rosetta/) for a 3-D visualization of Rosetta's journey, here (http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Rosetta/Highlights/Postcards_from_Rosetta) for Rosetta's latest images; and here (http://sci.esa.int/rosetta/14615-comet-67p/) for an in-depth look at comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Shownotes are available, here (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FHLVOdErCXS5dI5XVvM5UE7_3BzfEwZeYLR8U1JYsBM/pub).