Weekly Space Hangout - Guests: Nathaniel Putzig and Gareth Morgan of SHARAD

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJmZqHyboCA Host: Fraser Cain ( @fcain ) Special Guests: Dr. Nathaniel Putzig (Than) is a Senior Scientist with the Planetary Science Institute (PSI), and he serves as the US Team Leader for the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Shallow Radar (SHARAD). Than has led numerous SHARAD studies, including 3-D imaging of the interior of both polar caps and landing-site studies for the Phoenix lander, the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover, and the InSight lander. Presently, he is co-leading (with PSI Research Scientist Gareth Morgan) a NASA-funded project to map buried water ice throughout the northern hemisphere of Mars using radar, thermal, imagery, and other data. This work supports selection of future human landing sites, where the ice will serve as an local resource for Mars explorers. Dr. Gareth Morgan is a Research Scientist at PSI and is a specialist in the geologic analysis of planetary bodies with radar. Gareth is a Co-I on both the SHARAD radar sounder on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and Mini-RF radar imager on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. A major focus of Gareth’s Mars research has been the analysis of periglacial features and linking their formation to shifts in the martian climate. To support his work, Gareth has undertaken multiple field excursions to the McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica.   Donate! (Streamlabs link) https://streamlabs.com/cosmoquestx Buy stuff from our Redbubble https://www.redbubble.com/people/cosm... Help us find sponsors by sharing our program and fundraising efforts through your networks Become a Patreon of Astronomy Cast https://www.patreon.com/astronomycast Sponsor 365 Days of Astronomy http://bit.ly/sponsor365DoA A combination of the above! Regular Guests: Dr. Pamela Gay ( https://cosmoquest.org/x/ / @starstryder ) Dr. Morgan Rehnberg ( http://cosmicchatter.org/ & @MorganRehnberg ) This week's stories: - A Crew Dragon explodes! :^( - A 2014 meteor came from another solar system. - Seeding solar system planet formation. - Star systems that will be visited by Voyager & Pioneer. - NASA Insight hears its first Marsquake.   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].