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Sep. 23, 2011
Flagstaff Throws A Party For Science
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| The Flagstaff Festival of Science gets underway this week. Ira Flatow talks with two festival participants about some of the highlights: Astronaut John Grunsfeld previews a talk on the Hubble Telescope and archeoastronomer Bryan Bates tells what the Mayans knew about 2012. |
Produced by Annette Heist, Senior Producer
Guests
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Bryan Bates
Professor, Environmental Studies
Coconino Community College
Flagstaff, Arizona -
John Grunsfeld
Physicist, Former Astronaut
Deputy Director, Space Telescope Science Institute
Baltimore, Maryland
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