Planetary Radio Show Archives: 2007
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A Very Good Year: Looking Back at 2007
12/31/2007 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Bruce Betts, Director of Projects, The Planetary Society
- Emily Lakdawalla, Senior Editor and Planetary Evangelist, The Planetary Society
A Very Good Year: Looking Back at 2007
Ion Engines Drive Dawn to Asteroids Vesta and Ceres
12/24/2007 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Chris Russell, Dawn Principal Investigator, University of California, Los Angeles
Ion Engines Drive Dawn to Asteroids Vesta and Ceres
Observing Earth: Annmarie Eldering's Eye On Our Atmosphere
12/17/2007 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Annmarie Eldering, Deputy Manager, JPL's Earth Atmospheric Science Section
Observing Earth: Annmarie Eldering's Eye On Our Atmosphere
A New Generation Looking for ET
12/10/2007 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Curtis Mead, Research Assistant, All-Sky Optical SETI
A New Generation Looking for ET
Stardust@Home Update from Andrew Westphal
12/03/2007 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Andrew Westphal, Stardust science team member and Stardust@home project director, University of California, Berkeley
Stardust@Home Update from Andrew Westphal
11/26/2007 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Geoff Marcy, Professional planet hunter, University of California, Berkeley
We celebrate our 5th anniversary by learning about discovery of a five-planet star system, the largest found so far. Q&A on Jupiter's red spot.
Mars Exploration Rover Program Manager John Callas
11/19/2007 | 0:28:52
Guests
- John Callas, Mars Exploration Rover Project Manager, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mars Exploration Rover Program Manager John Callas
11/13/2007 | 0:25:52
Guests
- Bruce Betts, Director of Projects, The Planetary Society
- Tom Duxbury, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Alexander Zakharov, Russian Space Research Institute
To Phobos and Back
Building the J-2X Rocket Engine for the Return to the Moon
11/05/2007 | 0:28:52
Guests
- John Vilja, Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne's Program Manager
Building the J-2X Rocket Engine for the Return to the Moon
The Universe in Ultraviolet: Bill Blair on the FUSE Mission
10/29/2007 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Bill Blair, Astrophysicist
The Universe in Ultraviolet: Bill Blair on the FUSE Mission
Mark Showalter: Unraveling the Mysteries of Planetary Rings
10/22/2007 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Mark Showalter, planetary astronomer
Mark Showalter: Unraveling the Mysteries of Planetary Rings
Space Elevator Games and Serious Planetary Science
10/15/2007 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Ben Shelef, Co-founder, Spaceward Foundation
- Emily Lakdawalla, Senior Editor and Planetary Evangelist, The Planetary Society
Space Elevator Games and Serious Planetary Science
Celebrating Sputnik With Louis Friedman in Moscow
10/08/2007 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Louis D. Friedman, Secretary-Treasurer of the Board of Directors, The Planetary Society
Celebrating Sputnik With Louis Friedman in Moscow
Homer Hickam, the Original Rocket Boy, Revisits His October Sky
10/01/2007 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Homer Hickam, Author and Former NASA Engineer
Homer Hickam, the Original Rocket Boy, Revisits His October Sky
A New Race to the Moon: The Google Lunar X Prize
09/24/2007 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Elon Musk, Founder, SpaceX
- Peter Diamandis, Chairman, X Prize Foundation
- Buzz Aldrin, Apollo 11 Astronaut
- Larry Page, Google co-founder
- Shana Dale, Deputy Administrator, NASA
A New Race to the Moon: The Google Lunar X Prize
09/17/2007 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Tilmann Denk, Cassini imaging team member, Free University of Berlin
Cassini at Weird Iapetus
The Pioneer Anomaly: Changing the Laws of Physics?
09/10/2007 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Slava Turyshev, Research scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
The Pioneer Anomaly: Changing the Laws of Physics?
At the EuroPlanet Conference With Doug Ellison
08/28/2007 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Doug Ellison, Founder, unmannedspaceflight.com
At the EuroPlanet Conference With Doug Ellison
Bill McKinnon and Ices and Seas in the Outer Solar System
08/20/2007 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Bill McKinnon, planetary scientist
Bill McKinnon and Ices and Seas in the Outer Solar System
Talking With the NEEMO Aquanauts
08/13/2007 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Satoshi Furukawa, Crew member, NEEMO 13
- Nicholas Patrick, Crew member, NEEMO 13
- Richard Arnold, Crew member, NEEMO 13
Talking With the NEEMO Aquanauts
08/06/2007 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Jon Lomberg
- Amir Alexander, Writer and Editor for planetary.org
Phoenix is on its way to Mars
Phoenix Mars Lander Principal Investigator Peter Smith
07/30/2007 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Peter Smith, Principal Investigator for Phoenix, University of Arizona
Phoenix Mars Lander Principal Investigator Peter Smith
Honoring Ray Bradbury, Mars Photographer
07/23/2007 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Louis D. Friedman, Secretary-Treasurer of the Board of Directors, The Planetary Society
- Ray Bradbury, Author, poet, and visionary
- Phil Christensen, TES and THEMIS Principal Investigator, Arizona State University
Honoring Ray Bradbury, Mars Photographer
The 7th International Conference on Mars
07/16/2007 | 0:28:50
Guests
- Greg Delory, Science and Data Systems Coordinator, University of California, Berkeley
- Kenneth Tanaka, Planetary geologist, United States Geological Survey
- Bruce Murray, Co-founder, The Planetary Society
500 members of Earth's Mars appreciation club gathered at CalTech in Pasadena, California last week. Scientists presented the latest research on Mars.
A New Dawn for Interplanetary Exploration
07/02/2007 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Mike A'Hearn, Deep Impact's Principal Investigator, University of Maryland
A New Dawn for Interplanetary Exploration
06/25/2007 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Marc Rayman, Dawn chief engineer and mission director, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Going South to Look for ET
Are There Giant Caves on Mars?
06/18/2007 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Guillermo Lemarchand, Director, Southern SETI
Are There Giant Caves on Mars?
Amateur Astronomers on the Lookout for Near Earth Objects
06/11/2007 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Wendy Jaeger, planetary scientist
- Glen Cushing, planetary scientist
- Tim Titus, planetary scientist, United States Geological Survey
Amateur Astronomers on the Lookout for Near Earth Objects
Digging for Dollars on the Moon: The Lunar Regolith Challenge
06/04/2007 | 0:28:50
Guests
- Peter Birtwhistle, Amateur Astronomer
- James McGaha, Amateur Astronomer
Special coverage of NASA's Lunar Regolith Challenge, with robot excavators after a $250,000 prize.
New Horizons at Jupiter: A Report From Alan Stern
05/28/2007 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Alan Stern, New Horizons Principal Investigator, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
New Horizons at Jupiter: A Report From Alan Stern
Exploring The Mystery of Dark Matter with Richard Massey
05/21/2007 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Richard Massey, Astronomer
Exploring The Mystery of Dark Matter with Richard Massey
Studying the Rings With Imke de Pater
05/14/2007 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Imke de Pater, Astronomer
Studying the Rings With Imke de Pater
What's New at Saturn? Checking In With Cassini's Linda Spilker
05/07/2007 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Linda Spilker, Cassini Project Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
What's New at Saturn? Checking In With Cassini's Linda Spilker
The Most Earthlike Extrasolar Planet Yet -- A Conversation With Co-Discoverer Stephane Udry
04/30/2007 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Stephane Udry, Astronomer
The Most Earthlike Extrasolar Planet Yet -- A Conversation With Co-Discoverer Stephane Udry
Science Fiction Author Kim Stanley Robinson Saves Earth!
04/23/2007 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Kim Stanley Robinson, Science Fiction Author
Science Fiction Author Kim Stanley Robinson Saves Earth!
Spaceward Bound: Chris McKay Leads Scientists and Teachers in the Mojave Desert
04/16/2007 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Chris McKay, Famed planetary scientist, NASA Ames Research Center
Spaceward Bound: Chris McKay Leads Scientists and Teachers in the Mojave Desert
Cosmology: Five Big Things You Need to Know
04/09/2007 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Liz Kruesi, Astrophysics Graduate Student
Cosmology: Five Big Things You Need to Know
A Sea Under the South Pole of Enceladus?
04/02/2007 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Geoffrey Collins, Planetary Scientist, Wheaton College
A Sea Under the South Pole of Enceladus?
Mars Express Confirms Lots of Polar Ice! Where's the Rest?
03/26/2007 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Jeffrey Plaut, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mars Express Confirms Lots of Polar Ice! Where's the Rest?
Lou Friedman on the International Lunar Decade
03/19/2007 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Louis D. Friedman, Secretary-Treasurer of the Board of Directors, The Planetary Society
Lou Friedman on the International Lunar Decade
Europe's Rosetta On Its Way to a Comet
03/12/2007 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Gerhard Schwehm, Rosetta Project Scientist
Europe's Rosetta On Its Way to a Comet
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