Coming up at 3pm PST today, Phil Plait, also known as The Bad Astronomer and a longtime friend of Desert Bus for Hope, will be calling in to the Lunar Module to say hello and answer your questions!

Phil Plait is an American astronomer, writer and popular science blogger. Plait has worked as part of the Hubble Space Telescope team has engaged in public outreach advocacy for NASA missions. He has written two science books, Bad Astronomy and Death from the Skies, and a book of nerd insults with Zach Weinersmith called “2^7 Nerd Disses: A Significant Quantity of Disrespect”.

He has also appeared in science documentaries, hosted “Phil Plait’s Bad Universe” on the Discovery Channel, wrote and hosted Crash Course Astronomy on YouTube, and was Head Science Writer for the first season on “Bill Nye Saves the World” on Netflix. He writes the Bad Astronomy blog hosted on SYFY.com.

Got a question for Phil? Tweet @DesertBus with the hashtag #DBPhil with your question and we might read it on-air.