Touring Saturn

Discover the inspiring journey of Cassini tour designer John Smith in Amy Roth's latest interview on Skepchick.

Amy Roth -- that's Skepchick Surly Amy to you -- interviewed Cassini tour designer John Smith. It's part of a new segment on Skepchick called Keep your day job: Amy is a cool chick: artistic, skeptical, tattooed, photographically inclined, and loves astronomy. I got to hang with her and other skepchicks last week in Pasadena, and life is always better when that happens.

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Touring Saturn

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