Podcasts about nasa's marshall space flight center

Rick & Bubba take an in-depth look at the facts and figures of climate change and man-made global warming with Dr. Roy Spencer. What is really going on? Why is everyone freaking out and exaggerating? Are we warming? Are we dealing with a "climate crisis"? All of this and more addressed in this episode. Dr. Roy Warren Spencer is a meteorologist, a principal research scientist at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, and the U.S. Science Team leader for the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer on NASA's Aqua satellite. He has served as senior scientist for climate studies at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Auburn and Alabama are honored among top doctoral research schools, why a giant fuel tank was bound for NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, and the latest in our 12 Days of Alabama Christmas. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

This episode features Chris Blair, who works in the Communications Departments for NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, AL. In addition to his work with NASA, Chris talks about making a serious mid-life career transition and encourages others to think about their passions and how those might motivate a career transition. Chris discusses what he does for the Center currently along with previous roles like running the Facebook page for a NASA center. We then get into Chris' backstory, which took him from high school band director to education outreach at Kennedy Space Center and how he made the transition from public education to NASA outreach. As part of the discussion for this outreach, Chris references resources for parents and teachers, including:The NASA Educator Resource CentersEducation Express e-mail list From there, Chris talks about some common misconceptions he has heard about NASA. One of which is that there are numerous centers around the country, which can be found on this interactive map of NASA Centers and Facilities. A connection between the education and communication outreach efforts is generating public interest. Making people aware of what NASA does, what opportunities may be available, and getting them excited in order to turn people into champions for NASA. Finally, we wrap up with Chris' favorite parts of his time at NASA and the biggest lesson he has learned from his career transition. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Earlier this fall, we brought you the curious story of a long lost lunar rover prototypetested by NASA in the 1960s. At the time, we decided to keep some of the details off the record, but for this week's podcast, we delve deep into the rover's history and it's journey from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center to a scrap yard in Alabama. This episode of Radio Motherboard unfolds as it moves along, so in the interest of not spoiling it, we'll just get right to it. Thanks for listening! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This is the first of our new "Space Weather Living History" Podcast series. We kick this new series off with an interview of David Hathaway, a solar astronomer at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center.