Planetary Radio • Sep 10, 2012
A Conversation With Telescope Inventor John Dobson
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John Dobson
Astronomer and designer of telescopes for The Sidewalk Astronomers
When John Dobson invented the Dobsonian telescope he changed the face of amateur astronomy. The 96-year old pioneer talks with Mat Kaplan. Emily Lakdawalla loves Curiosity’s self-portraits. Bill Nye the Science Guy is in London to host a youth webcast with International Space Station astronaut Sunita Williams. Bruce Betts keeps us from getting Lost in Space and helps Mat give away a cool Curiosity bumper sticker in What’s Up.
Related Links
- John Dobson's Biography
- The Dobsonian Telescope
- Hello, Beautiful! Curiosity's Self-Portrait
- YouTube SpaceLab With Bill Nye and Sunita Williams
Trivia Contest
This week's prize is an engraved Fisher Space Pen.
This week's question:
Who was Gale Crater named after and where was he from?
To submit your answer:
Send an email no later than Monday, September 17, at 2 pm Pacific time to [email protected] containing:
This week's question:
What was the first spacecraft to successfully fly by a planet, and what happened to its identical sister spacecraft?
Answer:
The answer will be revealed next week.
Question from the week before:
What was the first spacecraft to fly by Saturn?
Answer:
Pioneer 11