Weekly Space Hangout - Jan 20: ‪Dan Dixon - Project Lead & Creator of Universe Sandbox‬

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTqWQl8fJN8 Streamed live Jan 20, 2017. Host: Fraser Cain ( @fcain ) Special Guest: Universe Sandbox Developer Dan Dixon. Dan is the creator and director of Universe Sandbox ², an accessible space simulator application that merges real-time gravity, climate, collision, and physical interactions to reveal the beauty of our universe and the fragility of our planet. Regular Guests: (Possibly) Morgan Rehnberg ( http://www.morganrehnberg.com/ & @MorganRehnberg ) Kimberly Cartier ( http://KimberlyCartier.org & @AstroKimCartier ) This week's stories: - NASA's buying some Soyuz seats from Russia. - Two new NASA missions are announced. - Coating Ceres in interplanetary dust. - Choosing JunoCam sites. - Using geometry to explain a pulsar puzzle! 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 info@365DaysOfAstronomy.org. While you're at it, do support our Learning Space educator training program by going to this site: https://www.patreon.com/LearningSpace Please help us keep training the trainers! Learning Space is a weekly G+ Hangout on Air about topics in astronomy education, outreach and other ways to share science both in the school setting and outside it. We bring you interviews, hands-on demonstrations, lists of our favorite educational resources and more!