Weekly Space Hangout – Oct. 9, 2015: Nobel Prizes, Private Moon Launches & Water on Pluto!
Summary: Host: Fraser Cain (<a href="https://twitter.com/fcain">@fcain</a>)Guests: Paul Sutter (<a href="http://pmsutter.com">pmsutter.com</a> / <a href="https://twitter.com/PaulMattSutter">@PaulMattSutter</a>) Morgan Rehnberg (<a href="http://cosmicchatter.org">cosmicchatter.org</a> / <a href="https://twitter.com/MorganRehnberg">@MorganRehnberg </a>) Kimberly Cartier (<a href="https://twitter.com/AstroKimCartier">@AstroKimCartier </a>) Brian Koberlein (<a href="https://twitter.com/briankoberlein">@briankoberlein</a> / <a href="http://briankoberlein.com">briankoberlein.com</a>)This Week's Stories: <a href="http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/2015/press.html">Nobel Prize in Physics</a><a href="http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/10/06/446241169/physics-nobel-awarded-for-work-on-neutrinos-metamorphosis">Neutrinos Must Have Mass! Physics Nobel Awarded For Work On Neutrinos' Metamorphosis</a><a href="http://arxiv.org/pdf/1510.01647v1.pdf">Impact of Declining Proposal Success Rate on Scientific Productivity</a><a href="http://phys.org/news/2015-10-unique-nearby-star-mysterious-ripples.html">Mysterious Ripples Around Planet-Forming Disk</a><a href="https://earthsky.org/space/where-to-look-for-life-astronomers-devise-habitability-index">Exoplanet Habitibility Index</a><a href="http://motherboard.vice.com/read/the-first-private-lunar-launch-date-has-been-set">The First Private Lunar Mission Has Set a Launch Date for 2017</a><a href="http://www.americaspace.com/?p=86858">Repairs Completed at Orbital ATK’s Antares Launch Pad</a>20th anniversary of 51 Peg b<a href="http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1514/">Possible First signs of self-interacting dark matter</a> <a href="http://www.nasa.gov/nh/nh-finds-blue-skies-and-water-ice-on-pluto">Water ice and blue haze on Pluto</a> <a href="http://earthsky.org/space/einstein-ring-helps-weigh-a-black-hole">Einstein ring helps weigh a black hole</a> <a href="http://www.collective-evolution.com/2015/10/02/physicists-to-put-one-large-physical-object-in-two-places-at-the-same-time/">Physicists To Put One Large Physical Object In Two Places At The Same Time</a><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/oct/04/space-travel-virgingalactic-haunts-new-mexico-town">Space travel for the 1%: VirginGalactic's $250,000 tickets haunt New Mexico town</a><a href="http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=157008&CultureCode=en">Southampton researchers find a new way to weigh a star</a><a href="http://www.washington.edu/news/2015/10/05/where-to-look-for-life-uw-astronomers-devise-habitability-index-to-guide-future-search/">Where to look for life? UW astronomers devise ‘habitability index’ to guide future search?</a><a href="http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2015-311&rn=news.xml&rst=4732">Geology Award Going to Mars Landing Site Expert at JPL</a><a href="http://www.fromquarkstoquasars.com/meet-7-alien-planets-most-likely-to-have-life/?utm_content=bufferd059b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=plus.google.com&utm_campaign=buffer">Meet 7 Alien Planets Most Likely to Have Life</a><a href="http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2015-312&rn=news.xml&rst=4733">Exoplanet Anniversary: From Zero to Thousands in 20 Years?</a><a href="http://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-challenge-seeks-ways-to-use-mars-natural-resources-for-astronauts">NASA Challenge Seeks Ways to Use Mars’ Natural Resources for Astronauts</a>?<a href="http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/article/october-2015/the-burgeoning-field-of-neutrino-astronomy">The burgeoning field of neutrino astronomy</a><a href="http://www.caltech.edu/news/ligos-surf-students-look-perfect-wave-48224">LIGO's SURF Students Look for the Perfect Wave?</a><a href="http://spacenews.com/nasa-eyes-sample-return-capability-for-post-2020-mars-orbiter">NASA Eyes Sample-return Capability for Mars Orbiter</a><a href="http://news."></a>
