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Look Out! It's a Martian Avalanche!

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Air Date: 03/17/2008
Run Time: 0:28:52

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Guests:

  • Alfred McEwen, Principal Investigator for HiRISE, University of Arizona

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The latest triumph of the HiRISE camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is the image of a Martian landslide. We talk with Principal Investigator Alfred McEwen about his teams' marvelous instrument. Bill Nye the Science Guy invites you to a space policy forum. Emily Lakdawalla provides a report on the 2008 Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. Bruce Betts and Mat Kaplan give away a Planetary Radio t-shirt and announce a new space trivia contest, while Bruce explores the night sky.

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