Briefs: David Valentine interview; Peter Diamandis; Weekly Space Hangout

Moonandback interviews David Valentine, Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Minnesota, "about how newspace becomes socially meaningful for people": Interview with David Valentine, part 1 - The Future - Moonandback.
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A Q&A with Peter Diamandis: X Prize Founder Peter Diamandis Has His Eyes on the Future - Wired Science/Wired.com
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During the latest episode of the Weekly Space Hangout, Fraser Cain (Universe Today), Mike Wall (Space.com), Alan Boyle (MSNBC’s Cosmic Log), Ian O’Neill (Discovery Space), and Amy Shira Teitel (Vintage Space) discussed "using black holes as particle detectors, the recent launch of a female Chinese astronaut, the historical echoes of China and the Soviet Union launching women into space, and the newly announced asteroid telescope by the B612 Foundation": Weekly Space Hangout – June 21, 2012 - universetoday.com.