Travelers in the Night - Eps. 271 & 272: Race To Mars & Big Eye

Dr. Al Grauer hosts. Dr. Albert D. Grauer ( @Nmcanopus ) is an observational asteroid hunting astronomer. Dr. Grauer retired from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2006. Today's 2 topics: - The race to explore Mars is heating up. Numerous countries and even SpaceX are all planning missions to the red planet. - The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, or LSST is under construction in Chile. It'll photograph most of the sky every 3 nights, revolutionizing our understanding of short lived phenomenon. Enter the code for this week into this site: https://cosmoquest.org/achievements/code for a chance to win. This week's code is 7F7aHn 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!