A Cassini at Saturn Progress Report with Linda and Tom Spilker

Air Date: 02/18/2008
Run Time: 0:28:52

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Guests:

Linda Spilker, Cassini Project Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Tom Spilker, Engineer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

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Cassini Deputy Project Scientist Linda Spilker rejoins us for another update on the incredibly successful Cassini-Huygens mission, but this time she is joined by her husband and colleague Tom Spilker, a principal member of the engineering staff at JPL, where he often serves as a mission architect. Bill Nye the Science Guy remembers Explorer 1 and its discovery of the Van Allen Belts. Emily Lakdawalla puts relativity to work in a new Q&A, and Bruce Betts goes to amazing lengths to give away a Planetary Radio t-shirt with Mat Kaplan. The boys also offer a new space trivia contest. Smoots, anyone?