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Science Fiction: What it gets right and wrong

By Br. Guy Consolmagno, Dr. Larry Lebofsky  |  17 Dec 2020

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Where do you draw the line between space fact and space fiction? In this episode, Br. Guy and Dr. Larry Lebofsky of the Planetary Science Institute examine what the genre gets right and how science fiction has influenced real-life space programs.

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– Br. Guy Consolmagno – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Consolmagno
– Dr. Larry Lebofsky – https://www.psi.edu/about/staffpage/lebofsky

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