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Spaced Out with David Britten: August 28, 2018

Spaced Out with David Britten: August 28, 2018 Spaced Out with David Britten: August 28, 2018, 21.37 MB
Tue 28 Aug 2018

David Britten from the Stardome Observatory discusses the following topics:

  • Flash in evening sky last night – meteor or junk?
  • Aeolus spacecraft launched for windy mission
  • Four planets after sunset

He also covers off the following upcoming events at the Stardome:

            –  Father’s Day

            –  “Spring Stories in the Sky” 

Spaced Out with David Britten: August 14, 2018

Spaced Out with David Britten: August 14, 2018 Spaced Out with David Britten: August 14, 2018, 22.45 MB
Tue 14 Aug 2018

​Divid britten from the Stardome Observatory discusses deep space including:

  • Space probe heading for the Sun
  • If Earth turned into an enormous heap of blueberries …
  • 44 alien planets discovered – total now 3,819!
  • US war-mongering in space

He a;so let us know what's on at the Stardome this week:

            –  Teachers’ Strike tomorrow  –  extra children’s shows

            –  “Still Mad about Mars”   –   Zeiss Telescope $5 Wed-Sat 8pm

Spaced out with David Britten: 31 July, 2018

Spaced out with David Britten: 31 July, 2018 Spaced out with David Britten: 31 July, 2018, 24.8 MB
Tue 31 Jul 2018

David Britten covers off the following topics:

  • Edge of space now 20km closer
  • Evidence for Mars underground lake
  • Four planets in sky after sunset  &  closest approach to Mars
  • Mars global dust storm subsiding

He also tells us a little about the following upcoming stuff at the Stardome:

  • Sci-Fi Movie Night  –  “Robinson Crusoe on Mars”   –   8th  August
  • “Still Mad about Mars”   –   Zeiss Telescope Wed-Sat

95bFM Drive with Jonny & Big Hungry: Tuesday July 18, 2018

Tuesday_Drive_170718_1600.mp3 mp3, 325.2 MB
Tue 17 Jul 2018

Today Big Hungry talks to David Britten about the recent advancement of Neutrino particle tracking in Antarctica on 'Spaced Out', then conversing with Mulholland & Band about the classic Casio SK1 before their Whammy Bar gig.

Spaced Out with David Britten: 19 June, 2018

Spaced Out with David Britten: 19 June, 2018 Spaced Out with David Britten: 19 June, 2018, 28.57 MB
Tue 19 Jun 2018

A very interesting Spaced Out. David discusses NASA’s big Mars announcement, Trumps plans to militarise space, Russia’s laser cannon, the global dust storm on Mars, and the upcoming 2018 Winter solstice on Thursday.

Spaced Out with David Britten: 22 May, 2018

Spaced Out with David Britten: 22 May, 2018 Spaced Out with David Britten: 22 May, 2018, 21.15 MB
Tue 22 May 2018

David Britten from the Stardome Observatory and Planetarium discusses spinning neutron stars, Chinese efforts to land on the dark side of the moon, and what's happening in the current night sky.

Spaced out with David Britten: 8 May, 2018

Spaced out with David Britten: 8 May, 2018 Spaced out with David Britten: 8 May, 2018, 31.01 MB
Tue 8 May 2018

David Britten from the Stardome Observatory discusses Christchurch Astronomy Conference, NASA  engineer Dr Delwyn Moller returning to NZ to head up a NZ space tech centre, and private space transport company Blue Origin's progress with space flights.

Spaced out with David Britten: 24 April, 2018

Spaced out with David Britten: 24 April, 2018 Spaced out with David Britten: 24 April, 2018, 20.7 MB
Tue 24 Apr 2018

David Britten talks about the new NASA Administrator appointed, GPS (galactic positioning system) for lost astronauts, how were the small moons of Mars formed... And... the 17,000 near-Earth asteroids still to find.

Spaced out with David Britten: 10 April, 2018

Spaced out with David Britten: 10 April, 2018 Spaced out with David Britten: 10 April, 2018, 30.71 MB
Tue 10 Apr 2018

 We chat about Buzz Aldrin UFO encounter, Virgin Galactic first powered flight since 2014 crash, A Space junk removal experiment, TESS launch next week and a Swarm of black holes at Milky Way centre.

Spaced out with David Britten: 13 February, 2018

Spaced out with David Britten: 13 February, 2018 Spaced out with David Britten: 13 February, 2018, 26.02 MB
Tue 13 Feb 2018

David Britten from the Stardome Observatory & Planetarium fills us in on all things extraterrestrial