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107: Loose rocks and soft bots with Dr. McMahon
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Length:
30 minutes
Released:
Sep 10, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Professor Jay McMahon stops by the show to explain the YORP effect and how it changes asteroid spins and shapes. He also describes his NASA Institute for Advanced Concepts (NIAC) project that is investigating the use of soft robots to explore rubble-pile asteroids.
Released:
Sep 10, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
1: Titan's Lakes with Dr. Cable: On this week's episode, Dr. Morgan Cable of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory talks about Saturn's moon Titan, and how she creates mini Titan lakes in her laboratory. by Spacepod