Cassini’s Grand Finale – The Ultimate Wild Ride with Professor Fred Watson

Fred Watson is perhaps Australia’s best-loved science communicator. Professor Watson was the obvious choice to explain how the Cassini space probe will wrap up a twenty-year exploration mission with a spectacular series of dives between the rings of Saturn. An astrophysicist, Fred has a fantastic ability to infect others with his enthusiasm for the Universe. He also shared with Open House his own journey through faith.

By Stephen O'DohertySunday 30 Apr 2017Open House InterviewsLifeReading Time: 1 minute

Listen: Stephen O’Doherty in conversation with Fred Watson | Image: Courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech

Fred Watson from the Australian Astronomical Observatory is perhaps Australia’s best-loved science communicator.

Professor Watson was the obvious choice to explain how the Cassini space probe will wrap up a twenty-year exploration mission with a spectacular series of dives between the rings of Saturn.

An astrophysicist, Fred has a fantastic ability to infect others with his enthusiasm for the Universe. He also shared with Open House his own journey through faith.

Cassini’s Grand Finale – The Ultimate Wild Ride with Professor Fred Watson