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Transcripts For CSPAN2 Under Desert Skies 20170618

Interesting in all in studying the moon. It was close, it was boring, you could see it pretty clearly. There wasnt much there. Jerad was the only one that wanted to do and that became important in 1961 when the president announced that we were going to send people to the moon. Why did he come to tucson to study the moon. Jerard made it a hub of science and in my book i talk about tucson as the birthplace of science, not only did we have dark skies but a clear view of the planets. He set up telescopes dedicated to studying moon and planet, essentially unheard of at the time. How is astronomy different from Planetary Science . Planetary scientists studied things that were closer to us. If you want to study planets, you have to understand sciences and a very different type of feel. Weve discovered extra solar planets which are out beyond and you need techniques in both fields, you need to know geology but very powerful telescopes ....

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