Honoring Ray Bradbury, Mars Photographer

Air Date: 07/23/2007
Run Time: 0:28:52

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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

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The Planetary Society recently sponsored a special benefit performance of Ray Bradbury's hit play, Green Town. Ray was presented with a beautiful image of a spot on Mars he had selected for imaging. You'll also hear planetary scientist Phil Christensen and Planetary Society Executive Director Lou Friedman. Emily Lakdawalla delivers an update on the giant Martian dust storm that threatens the Mars rovers, and Bruce Betts joins Mat Kaplan for another What's Up review of the night sky, along with yet another space trivia contest.