Monthly Archives: April 2015

So Much News!

Yesterday was a big day for our articles and interviews coming out. The one I’m most excited about was a BBC Radio 4 piece that I did. Check it out here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05r3w3l You can here me and Carl Sagan about 8 … Continue reading

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Live Like You’re On Mars* For Earth Day

Our Earth Day video has now gone live in Washington D.C. You can check it out through their events at this site: http://www.earthday.org/blog/2015/04/21/earth-day-tell-your-story At the end of the video, the crew challenges you to live like you’re on Mars* for … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday Mary!

Happy birthday to my sister Mary! We’re back to Scrabble cards. Sophie and I have been playing a lot of breakfast Scrabble recently. We’ve found that Sophie always picks a letter that gets her to go first, and generally wins, … Continue reading

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Earth Day on Mars*

Earth Day is a melding of my two favourite things: environmental sustainability, and space science. Our crew was asked to take part in the Earth Day celebrations happening in D.C. this year, and we are excited to be a part … Continue reading

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We’re in the New Yorker!

We are in the April 20th copy of the New Yorker! It’s available online, but I can’t figure out how to get the link, so you’ll just have to look it up yourselves or buy a copy in the shops … Continue reading

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Good Friday Eclipse

Neil and I went out at 1:30am last Friday night to attempt to photograph the lunar eclipse. It was really cool just looking at it, but extremely difficult to photograph. The HAZMAT suits are difficult to see in, particularly at night, … Continue reading

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