SGU Episode 437 - Revision history

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	''You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.''		''You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.''

	S: Hello and welcome to the ~~Skpetics~~' Guide to the Universe. Today is Tuesday, November 26th 2013 and this is your host Steven Novella. Joining me this week are Bob Novella		S: Hello and welcome to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe. Today is Tuesday, November 26th 2013 and this is your host Steven Novella. Joining me this week are Bob Novella

	B: Hey everybody.		B: Hey everybody.

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	EG: Learned a lot about Steve. Did you know Steve is bananas for bananas.		EG: Learned a lot about Steve. Did you know Steve is bananas for bananas?

	J: Oh yeah... that never comes up.		J: Oh yeah... that never comes up.

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	J: In your career, how often do you get to be a part of a team that's sending something into space.		J: In your career, how often do you get to be a part of a team that's sending something into space.

	EG: Well generally every two years or year and a half I'm on a new spacecraft. I started with the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter back in '04 and because Earth and Mars line up every two years, we're generally working on a Mars spacecraft every two years and so I've worked on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, I've worked on Phoenix Mars Lander, I've worked on the Hubble servicing mission, Mars Science Laboratory ~~aeroshell~~. Juno Orbiter which is a ~~tubular~~ probe and MAVEN. I've done some work on the ~~Goz~~-R and ~~Goz~~-F spacecraft, I got to design an instrument chassis for a magnetometer. So in my industry you do kind of get to work on a number of spacecraft.		EG: Well generally every two years or year and a half I'm on a new spacecraft. I started with the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter back in '04 and because Earth and Mars line up every two years, we're generally working on a Mars spacecraft every two years and so I've worked on [http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mro/ Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter], I've worked on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_(spacecraft) Phoenix Mars Lander], I've worked on the Hubble servicing mission, [http://www.lockheedmartin.co.uk/us/products/mars-science-laboratory-aeroshell.html Mars Science Laboratory Aeroshell]. [http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/products/juno.html Juno Orbiter] which is a Jupiter probe and [http://www.lockheedmartin.com/us/products/mars-atmosphere-and-volatile-evolution-maven.html MAVEN]. I've done some work on the GOCE-R (sp?) and GOCE-S (sp?) spacecraft, I got to design an instrument chassis for a magnetometer. So in my industry you do kind of get to work on a number of spacecraft.

	B: You know I deployed some computer code to some computers in the United Kingdom today.		B: You know I deployed some computer code to some computers in the United Kingdom today.

	J: That's one hell of a launch, Bob. Eliot, have you ever played Kerbal Space Program, the game?		J: That's one hell of a launch, Bob. Eliot, have you ever played [https://kerbalspaceprogram.com Kerbal Space Program], the game?

	EG: No, I haven't.		EG: No, I haven't.

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	* http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/2273-message-from-james-randi-on-sylvia-brownes-death.html		* http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/2273-message-from-james-randi-on-sylvia-brownes-death.html

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 * http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/maven/
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== Introduction ==
''You're listening to the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, your escape to reality.''

== This Day in Skepticism () ==
* November 30, 1954: In Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, the Hodges Meteorite crashes through a roof and hits a woman taking an afternoon nap in the only documented case of a human being hit by a rock from space.

== News Items () ==

=== MAVEN Launch () ===
* http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/maven/

=== Sylvia Browne Dead () ===
* http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/2273-message-from-james-randi-on-sylvia-brownes-death.html

=== Homeopathy Death () ===
* http://thelibertarianrepublic.com/mother-accused-negligence-babys-death-homeopathy-treatments-video/#axzz2lfW34kem

=== Capturing Lost Energy () ===
* http://phys.org/news/2013-11-wireless-device-lost-energy-electric.html

=== FDA Report on Burzynski () ===
* http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/11/15/stanislaw-burzynski-cancer-controversy/2994561/http://thehoustoncancerquack.com/

=== Comet ISON () ===
* http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/comet-ison-if-it-survives-trip-around-the-sun-could-bring-spectacular-sky-show/2013/11/24/f544103a-53b6-11e3-a7f0-b790929232e1_story.html

== Who's That Noisy () ==
* Answers to last two weeks:

== Science or Fiction () ==
[http://www.kent.ac.uk/news/stories/guarddogs/2013 Item #1]: A new study examines South African dogs bred and trained to defend livestock, that are capable of fighting and killing cheetahs and other large predators.
[http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cea.12211/full Item #2]: A recent systematic review finds that people who suffer from food allergies are more likely to die from murder than from their allergy.
[http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2013/permian-acid-rain-extinction-112513.html Item #3]: A new computer simulation suggests that a major component of the Permian extinction 252 million years ago was sulfuric acid rain with a pH of 2.

== Skeptical Quote of the Week () ==
<blockquote>“The great enemy of truth is very often not the lie--deliberate, contrived and dishonest--but the myth--persistent, persuasive and unrealistic. Too often we hold fast to the cliches of our forebears. We subject all facts to a prefabricated set of interpretations. We enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.”- JFK</blockquote>

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