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A Giant Telescope and Remembering John Glenn

Published: Dec. 13, 2016, 6 a.m.

Space historian John Logsdon remembers American hero John Glenn. Planetary Society CEO Bill Nye was a big fan of the Friendship 7 astronaut\u2014less so the new Star Wars movie. Then we get an update on the Giant Magellan Telescope from Patrick McCarthy. Emily Lakdawalla explains how a Martian breeze has made the Curiosity rover\u2019s work more challenging. John Glenn is also the focus of this week\u2019s space trivia contest. Related links are here http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/planetary-radio/show/2016/1212-gmt-john-glenn.html