First up on Weekend Variety Wireless, Science Report with Emily Parke. She looks at Philosophy of Science & Ethics. Can the predictability power of software beat testing stuff on animals?Then This week Graeme meets Buzz Aldrin. The tech-wizards managed to find the interview in our archive. Take a look at it on radiolive.co.nz, especially on the anniversary of the first Moon landing in 1969.Mr Aldrin took part in NASAs historical Apollo 11 mission where he and Neil Armstrong became the first two humans to land on the moon.Then Astronomer Dr Grant Christie joins Graeme to take a look at the latest in astronomy. Grant discusses the new sharp view of Neptune but why is it so blurry?Well Grant has the answer - because the next best picture was taken by Voyager decades ago. Dr Christie also looks at the rare double asteroid revealed by NASA Observatories this week. Astronomers are finding binary asteroids are surprisingly common - and a double whammy if they hit us! Weekend Variety Wireless with Graeme Hill, 8pm - midnight Saturdays and Sundays, on RadioLIVE and streaming live to the Rova app on Android and iPhone.

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