We Can See Things

Summary: Chris and Rob discuss the brand new Andromeda Project, the anniversary of Apollo 17 and NASA’s plans for Mars. We also chat about Caroline Herschel: comet chaser and how science works in sign language. [MP3 Link] Episode #59. If you have anything you’d like us to look at, or any questions you’d like us to answer - use the links at the top of the web page at http://recycledelec.com. Follow us on Twitter @recycledelec @orbitingfrog and @chrislintott. Links: Andromeda Project launches: andromedaproject.org Moon Zoo goes to Apollo 17: moonzoo.org GRAIL results : http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2012-385 NASA’s plans to go back to Mars : http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/news/whatsnew/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&NewsID=1401 Curiosity’s first chemistry - perchlorate  : http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/news/whatsnew/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&NewsID=1399 .Astro 5 and Hack Day: http://dotastronomy.com/blog/2012/12/hack-day-in-new-york/ Comets of Caroline Herschel: http://arxiv.org/pdf/1212.0809v1.pdf The infamous Time paragraph : http://profmattstrassler.com/2012/12/05/my-version-of-the-higgs-time-paragraph/ Sign language for science : http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/04/science/sign-language-researchers-broaden-science-lexicon.html?smid=tw-nytimeshealth&seid=auto&_r=0&pagewanted=all Zooniverse advent calendar: https://zooniverse.org/advent Credits: Audio content Copyright 2012 Chris Lintott and Robert Simpson. Many thanks to Oxford Press Office for recording space. Podcast Image courtesy of Flickr user bazik (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bazik/395792175/).