Liftoff

4: A Laptop Every Ten Years

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Jason and Stephen gush over more Pluto photos and wish some Mars hardware a happy birthday before interviewing Rachel Binx from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

This episode of Liftoff is sponsored by:
  • Luminos: A fantastic astronomy app, 10 years in the making! Now with an Apple Watch app for skygazing!
  • ISS Finder: A simple and beautiful way to track the International Space Station.
    • Guest Starring:

    Rachel Binx

    Links and Show Notes
    • The Rich Color Variations of Pluto - NASA
    • Large version of Pluto photo
    • Perplexing Pluto: New ‘Snakeskin’ Image and More from New Horizons - NASA
    • India's 1st Mars Mission Celebrates One Year at Red Planet
    • ISRO Mars Orbiter Mission Objectives
    • ISRO Orbital Vehicle
    • NASA's MAVEN Celebrates One Year at Mars
    • Watching The Martian on Space Station
    • Nine Real NASA Technologies in 'The Martian'

      • Interview with Rachel Binx

      Rachel Binx is a data visualizer, developer, and designer. She works at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab in Pasadena, California.

      • Rachel's website
      • Jet Propulsion Lab
      • Rachel Binx, Meshu/Gifpop! - XOXO Festival (2014)
      • Rachel Binx: Making sense (and art) of big data - The Daily Dot
      • Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity) - NASA
      • Cassini
      • SMAP (Soil Moisture Active Passive) Radar
      • Dawn space probe
        • ...more
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