Sinopsis
Cheap Astronomy offers you 10 minute weekly podcasts on a wide range of astronomy, astrophysics, cosmology, space science and space exploration topics. At Cheap Astronomy you're only as cheap as the telescope you're looking through.
Episodios
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44. Greenhouse Earth 2of2 The restless planet - 12 November 2009
12/11/2009On Earth, the only thing constant is change.
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43. Greenhouse Earth 1of2 The inconstant sun - 5 November 2009
05/11/2009More proof that pretty much everything in life is linked to astronomy.
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42. The Deep Space Network - 29 October 2009
29/10/2009When our plucky robot ambassadors, out there exploring the solar system and beyond, need to phone home - who's there to listen?
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41. The TDRS system - 25 October 2009
25/10/2009You know how you can just go 'Ah Houston...' and there's a team of people with PhDs ready to solve all your problems? This is how that works.
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40. Galileoscope - 15 October 2009
15/10/2009Cheap Astronomy checks out the latest contender for the title of world's cheapest telescope.
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39. The outer limits - 8 October 2009
08/10/2009We're only just starting to learn what's out there near the back fence.
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38. Kepler's laws of planetary motion - 1 October 2009
01/10/2009Go on, there's only three of them.
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37. Old balding astronomers feel good knowing mnemonics - 24 September 2009
24/09/2009Often banal and factually greivous kitsch message.
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36. Ed White's glove - 19 September 2009
19/09/2009What goes around comes around, or is it what comes... Anyway this is all about coming and going - around.
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34. Project Constellation 2of2 The manned spacecraft - 10 September 2009
10/09/2009Really hoping some of these things might fly one day.
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33. Project Constellation 1of2 The launch systems - 3 September 2009
03/09/2009A peek under the hood of Project Constellation finds a mix of do-able and aspirational components.
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32. The ups and downs of space advocacy - 27 August 2009
27/08/2009Cheap Astronomy rants about space advocacy and tries to tell a joke to an alien.
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31. Analemmas and the equation of time - 20 August 2009
20/08/2009What sounds like a great title for a Doctor Who episode ends up being a podcast about sundials.
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30. STS 127 - Just another Space Shuttle mission - 13 August 2009
13/08/2009Is there really such a thing as just another space shuttle mission?
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29. No place like home - 06 August 2009
06/08/2009If there was a planet somewhere in the universe able to support life, what would it be like? Hmmm...
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28. A sidewalk astronomer - 30 July 2009
30/07/2009A long overdue podcast about the world's most famous cheap astronomer.
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26. Apollo 11 3of3 Getting back again - 24 July 2009
24/07/2009Reunited, the three intrepid explorers turn their ship for home.
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25. Apollo 11 2of3 The landing - 20 July 2009
20/07/2009Everything is going just great... that is, until Neil and Buzz attempt the landing.