Sun-Earth Day 2008: Space Weather Around the World
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In the Sun-Earth Day podcast, "STS-118 Lift Off", hear the thoughts of this excited group as they travel by bus from Orlando, FL, to Kennedy Space Center just hours before the launch of Space Shuttle Endeavor STS-118.
Space Weather Fact
A major solar 'superstorm' such as the one in 1859 could cost $30 billion a day to the US electrical power grid, and up to $70 billion to the satellite industry.
