Weekly Space Hangout - Guest: Joshua Stoff, Curator of the Cradle of Aviation Museum

https://youtu.be/XbbJIXioNS0 Season Premiere! Host: Fraser Cain ( @fcain )Special Guest: Joshua Stoff is the longtime Curator of the Cradle of Aviation Museum, a major Air & Space museum on Long Island, in the greater New York area. He has been curator there since 1982 and has entirely developed the collection and the exhibits for them.   The museum focuses on the history of aviation and spaceflight as it relates to Long Island, covering its contributions, manufacturers, events, and personalities. Thus they have assembled a collection of 75 aircraft and spacecraft, most of them locally produced.   Josh is also the author of 20 books on aviation & space history, including two on the Grumman Lunar Module program. He has made numerous appearances on TV on the History, Science, & Discovery channels, as well as on others, as an "Aerospace Historian." He is also pleased to appear on the Weekly Space Hangout! Regular Guests: Dr. Kimberly Cartier ( http://KimberlyCartier.org & @AstroKimCartier ) Dr. Alex Teachey ( https://alexteachey.wordpress.com/ & @alexteachey ) Chris Carr ( @therealccarr ) This week's stories: - Evidence for the first circum-trinary exoplanet. - All of the missions that are coming up:   - BepiColombo (SP) does a Mercury flyby.   - LandSat 9 to study Earth.   - Lucy to Jupiter’s Trojans.   - South Korea will launch the commercial Nuri mission.   - NASA’s DART mission!   - JWST launches Dec 18th. Maybe. - The Milky Way’s broken arm.   We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs.  Just visit: https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy and donate as much as you can! Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too!  Every bit helps! Thank you! ------------------------------------ Do go visit http://www.redbubble.com/people/CosmoQuestX/shop for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and other awesomeness! http://cosmoquest.org/Donate This show is made possible through your donations.  Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just click!) ------------------------------------ The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by the Planetary Science Institute. http://www.psi.edu Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org or email us at [email protected].