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Satellite Takes Weather Forecasting To New Level, Verse Gives Voice To Chinese Immigrants, Clyfford Still Museum

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Weather forecasts in the United States are expected to get a lot better thanks to a new satellite made in Colorado. Engineers at Lockheed Martin spent eight years building it. The launch is scheduled for Saturday, and the satellite could help forecasters save lives during severe weather. Then, in the early 1900s, Chinese immigrants held in an American detention center wrote poetry on the walls to pass the time. Decades later, the writing inspires a Denver poet, an immigrant herself. Plus, an entire museum dedicated to a single artist opened five years ago in Denver. What do the next five years hold for the Clyfford Still Museum? And, public radio mainstay "A Prairie Home Companion" comes to Colorado. A conversation with the show's new host, mandolin virtuoso Chris Thile.