The Vernal Oil Boom and Space Exploration on Access Utah Friday

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Today on the program Sheri Quinn talks to author David Gessner about his latest article "How Vernal Utah Grew to Love Big Oil" in the March 2013 issue of One Earth magazine.

On the second half, Science Questions explores a group of new space travelers called fish-nauts with NASA engineer Ed Galindo. He and a team of University of Idaho engineering students are sending trout eggs tot he Earth's upper atmosphere to see how they survive the journey in preparation for eventual trips to the Moon, Mars and beyond.