Dean Regas has been the Astronomer at the Cincinnati Observatory for over 20 years, and he is the go-to person whenever anyone in our town has a question about what's happening in outer space.
The very last thing we all might be able to agree on is that space is fascinating, which is why I wanted to have Dean as a guest. He's spent years as one of the host of Star Gazers on PBS, and he's written a number of books about space, including his latest, How to Teach Grown-Ups About Pluto.
I asked Dean about Pluto, and how a planet can get demoted. We talked about he got into astronomy, and how he ended up on TV.
Dean talked about rich guys building spacecrafts and flying to outer space, what's next for NASA, the possibility of finding "Earth 2.0," stuff the government might be hiding, and what one might find floating around if they actually could visit outer space.
Plus, I wanted his thoughts on how Hollywood portrays space events, if he laughs when people tell them they have a star named after them, and how astronomers really feel about astrologists.