Weekly Space Hangout - Guest: Geoff Notkin, President of the National Space Society

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKUotzKHrwM Streamed live October 2nd, 2019. Host: Fraser Cain ( @fcain ) Special Guest: Emmy Award-winning television host and producer Geoff Notkin ( @geoffnotkin & aerolite.org & https://space.nss.org/ ) starred in three seasons of the cult television adventure series Meteorite Men for Science Channel and two seasons of the educational series STEM Journals for Cox Media. He has also appeared in shows for Discovery, NASA EDGE, TLC, PBS, A&E;, National Geographic Channel, History Channel, Travel Channel, and the BBC. He is a science writer, meteorite specialist, photographer, world traveler, and CEO of Aerolite Meteorites Inc, a leader in meteorite research and recovery. An award-winning author, Notkin has published hundreds of articles on meteoritics, paleontology, astronomy, adventure travel, history, and the arts, with his work appearing in Astronomy, Astronomy Now, Sky & Telescope, USA Today, Wired, Reader’s Digest, Robb Report, The Village Voice, All About Space, Seed, Rock & Gem, Geotimes and many other national and international publications. He is the author of three non-fiction books, Meteorite Hunting: How To Find Treasure From Space and Rock Star: Adventures Of A Meteorite Man (with an original introduction by Neil Gaiman), and My Incredibly Strange and Amazing Real-Life Adventures in the World of Comic Books. His spaceflight column, Throwing Pebbles at the Sky, is exclusive to the National Space Society's magazine, Ad Astra.   Regular Guests: Veranika (Nika) Klimovich ( @veranikaspace & Pictame: @nika_klim ) Pam Hoffman ( http://everydayspacer.com/ & @EverydaySpacer ) Annie Wilson ( http://www.psi.edu/about/staffpage/awilson & @BinaryAblaze ) This week's stories: - Space toilets! - AI in Earth observation satellites. - Upcoming events in astronomy. - Starship!   We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs. Just visit: https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy and donate as much as you can! Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too! Every bit helps! Thank you! ------------------------------------ Do go visit http://astrogear.spreadshirt.com/ for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and other awesomeness! http://cosmoquest.org/Donate This show is made possible through your donations. Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just click!) The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by Astrosphere New Media. http://www.astrosphere.org/ Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org or email us at [email protected].