Bad Astronomy

365 Days of Astronomy shoots the Moon

365 Days of Astronomy podcast
My friend Eran Segev, an Aussie skeptic and all-around good guy, submitted a podcast to 365 Days of Astronomy dealing with the venerable Parkes radio dish and its support of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. It’s a good story – it was fictionalized in the very cute movie “The Dish” – and he interviews a couple of the men who were there during the whole thing. And if you listen to the whole thing, they mention a familiar name, too…