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Life's Building Blocks Found in an "Impossible" Meteorite

Air Date: 03/07/2011
Run Time: 0:28:52

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Guests:

• Mike Callahan, , Goddard Spaceflight Center

Topics:

Michael Callahan is on the Goddard Spaceflight Center team that has found amino acids in an unlikely meteorite that is as old as the solar system. Emily Lakdawalla learns how to turn off an old spacecraft. Bill Nye laments the recent launch failure of the Glory earth-observing satellite. Bruce Betts and Mat Kaplan explore the night sky and the history of space exploration. They also offer up a cool Livio Carmen Internet radio player in the space trivia contest.

Related Links:

• The 2008 impact of Asteroid 2008 TC3
• Bill Nye's Your Place in Space (MP3)
• NASA: Building Blocks of Life Created in "Impossible" Place
• Glory Lost, But Its Mission Must Go On

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