Episode 42 - Moon bouncing with Julia DeMarines

Released: 11 December 2019 Duration: 48 minutes, 30 seconds   Co-hosts Daniela DePaulis and Paul Carr welcome Julia DeMarines (@LifeNSpace) to talk about bouncing radio signals off the moon. Julia is involved in a moon bounce research project for Berkeley SETI, and Daniela has used moonbounce in her art projects, including Cogito. We also get into a discussion of METI, and the importance of message composition to humans. For more information, please visit https://wowisgnalpodcast.com Guest bio: Julia DeMarines is an Astrobiologist and science communicator working at the UC Berkeley SETI Research Center and with Blue Marble Space. She is a 2019 National Geographic Explorer and 2018 Grosvenor Teacher Fellow, and a 2019 AGU Voices for Science advocate.  Her research involves detecting life in the Universe through biosignatures and technosignatures and the ethics of sending powerful, intentional messages into space. She is passionate about inspiring the next generation of scientists and  teaches to underserved students around the world through the Ad Astra Academy. Julia also runs her own outreach events called  "Space in Your Face!" – a space variety show involving comedy, local artists, and cover songs.  http://juliademarines.com/ Twitter: @LifeNspace Instagram: @mote_of_dust Facebook: @JuliaDeMarines   Links Sullivan (1979), Radio leakage and eavesdropping Sullivan and Knowles(1985), Lunar Reflections of Terrestrial Radio Leakage. DeMarines+ (2019), Observing the Earth as a Communicating Exoplanet The One Earth Message The LUVOIR telescope The HabEx Observatory HawkEye 360 David Grinspoon's appearances on this podcast: first, second, third. Andrew Siemion's appearances: first, second.   Follow Us on Twitter. Our Discord Server Dream of the Open Channel Credits: Co-hosts: Daniela DePaulis and Paul Carr Producer: Paul Carr Music: DJ Spooky, Jason Robinson, George Hrab Software: Zoom,  Loopback, Reaper, Focusrite, Auphonic, OS X Mojave Hardware: Shure, Cloud,Focusrite, Apple.   This podcast is released under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike license.