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HPR’s Dave Lawrence and Christopher Phillips hosted Stargazer on Mondays to discuss the latest developments in astronomy. Stargazer is no longer in production. The last episode aired on Oct. 16, 2023.

October 13 - 19 2014 Stargazer: The Lunar Flashlight Mission

Courtesy of Shawn Laatsch

We get several planets to look for, the Hubble Space Telescope cruises overhead, and we learn about plans for sustainable sites on our moon as HPR’s Dave Lawrence speaks with Christopher Phillips from the Mauna Kea Astronomy Outreach Committee for this week’s Stargazer report.

Credit Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute
The NASA Lunar Flashlight Mission is slated for 2017 and 2018, with the first flight possibly in December 2017, in the search for potential locations to mine for water.

Credit NASA
What the mining operation for water on the moon might look like, according to NASA.

Dave Lawrence is the local host of All Things Considered, Road Stories (formerly Off the Road) and Stargazer.
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