Charlene Anderson

Charlene Anderson was editor of The Planetary Report since its first issue in 1980 until her departure from The Planetary Society in 2012. For many of those years, she served as Associate Director of the Society.

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Bruce Murray (1931-2013)

Posted 2013/08/29 11:32 CDT | 52 comments

One of the most remarkable minds of 20th century exploration was stilled this morning, August 29, 2013, when Bruce C. Murray died of Alzheimer’s disease at the age of 81. The Planetary Society owes its existence to Bruce.

The Ultimate Sandbox, a painting by renowned science fiction artist Michael Whelan

"How Much Would You Pay for the Universe?"

Posted 2012/03/08 05:53 CST | 1 comments

"If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea." -- Antoine St. Exupery. Currently, NASA's Mars science exploration budget is being decimated, we are not going back to the Moon, and plans for astronauts to visit Mars are delayed until the 2030s -- on funding not yet allocated, overseen by a congress and president to be named later.

Planetary Society Statement on Proposed Cuts to Planetary Science Budget

Posted 2012/03/07 02:40 CST | 0 comments

The Planetary Society is deeply troubled with the priorities reflected in NASA's FY13 budget. If implemented, it will portend grave consequences for our nation's ability to conduct deep-space science missions and could irreversibly erode unique aspects of the space industrial base needed for such missions.

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