Astronomy Cast live blogging from the Cape!

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Pamela from Astronomy Cast just dropped me a note to let y'all know that she and fellow Astronomy Caster Rebecca are at the Lunar and Planetary Society Conference in Houston, and are live-blogging the event. Also, her student Scott Miller is at Cape Canaveral, and he'll be live-blogging the Shuttle launch on Tuesday! So if you want up-to-the-minute astronomy news and rocket launches, you know where to go.

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