Planetary Radio Show Archives: 2009
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12/28/2009 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Linda Spilker, Cassini Project Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Shedding New Light on Saturn
Lightsail Update and Haute Cuisine in Space
12/21/2009 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Sandy Magnus, astronaut
- Vickie Kloeris, Food scientist, NASA
Lightsail Update and Haute Cuisine in Space
The Dish(es): Australia and the Deep Space Network
12/14/2009 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Glen Nagle, Education and Outreach Manager, Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex
Australia's key role in the Deep Space Network is explored with Glen Nagle of the Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex.
A MESSENGER Mercury Mission Update From Sean Solomon
12/07/2009 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Sean Solomon, Principal Investigator for MESSENGER, Carnegie Institution of Washington
A MESSENGER Mercury Mission Update From Sean Solomon
Celebrating our Anniversary With Arthur C. Clarke
11/30/2009 | 0:28:50
Guests
- Arthur C. Clarke, Author and futurist
Planetary Radio is seven years old. We'll celebrate by looking back to our beginnings, with science fiction writer and futurist Sir Arthur C. Clarke
The Caves of Mars and the Geysers of Enceladus
11/23/2009 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Glen Cushing, planetary scientist
- Emily Lakdawalla, Senior Editor and Planetary Evangelist, The Planetary Society
The Caves of Mars and the Geysers of Enceladus
We're Back! Bill Nye Describes the LightSail Project
11/16/2009 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Emily Lakdawalla, Senior Editor and Planetary Evangelist, The Planetary Society
- Bill Nye, Chief Executive Officer
We're Back! Bill Nye Describes the LightSail Project
Celebrating Carl Sagan and a New Solar Sail With Ann Druyan
11/09/2009 | 0:28:50
Guests
- Ann Druyan, writer and producer
Solar sailing returns with LightSail, announced on the 75th anniversary of Carl Sagan's birth.
Lou Friedman Reviews the Augustine Human Spaceflight Report
11/02/2009 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Louis D. Friedman, Secretary-Treasurer of the Board of Directors, The Planetary Society
Lou Friedman Reviews the Augustine Human Spaceflight Report
Judging a Planet's Habitability With Abel Mendez
10/26/2009 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Abel Mendez, Associate Professor, University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo
Judging a Planet's Habitability With Abel Mendez
Former JPL Director Bruce Murray on the Persistence and Importance of Water Ice
10/19/2009 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Bruce Betts, Director of Projects, The Planetary Society
- Bruce Murray, Co-founder, The Planetary Society
Former JPL Director Bruce Murray on the Persistence and Importance of Water Ice
Lunar Smackdown! Special LCROSS Impact Coverage
10/12/2009 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Bruce Betts, Director of Projects, The Planetary Society
- Mat Kaplan
- Emily Lakdawalla, Senior Editor and Planetary Evangelist, The Planetary Society
Lunar Smackdown! Special LCROSS Impact Coverage
10/05/2009 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Jessica Sunshine, spectroscopist and Deep Impact co-investigator, University of Maryland
Water on the Moon!
Is This How to Land People on Mars?
09/28/2009 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Neil Cheatwood, Principal Investigator
- Beth Wusk, IRVE Project Manager
- Steve Hughes, IRVE Lead Engineer
Is This How to Land People on Mars?
Robert Zubrin Says "Mars Now!"
09/21/2009 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Robert Zubrin, author and founder of The Mars Society
Robert Zubrin Says Mars Now!""
Robert Zubrin, 22nd Century Martian
09/14/2009 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Robert Zubrin, author and founder of The Mars Society
Robert Zubrin, 22nd Century Martian
09/07/2009 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Hal McAlister, Director, Mt. Wilson Institute
Mount Wilson After the Fire
Saturn Update From Cassini Deputy Project Scientist Linda Spilker
08/31/2009 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Linda Spilker, Cassini Project Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Saturn Update From Cassini Deputy Project Scientist Linda Spilker
08/24/2009 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Bruce Betts, Director of Projects, The Planetary Society
The Meaning of LIFE
We're on Asteroid Watch With JPL's Don Yeomans
08/17/2009 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Don Yeomans, Manager of NASA's Near Earth Object Program Office
We're on Asteroid Watch With JPL's Don Yeomans
Astronomer Heidi Hammel on the New Jupiter Impact
08/10/2009 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Heidi Hammel, Vice President of the Board of Directors, The Planetary Society
Astronomer Heidi Hammel on the New Jupiter Impact
08/03/2009 | 0:30:00
Guests
- Daniel Lockney, Editor of NASA's Annual Spinoff Report
50 Years of Space Spinoffs
Mars Exploration Rover Project Manager John Callas
07/27/2009 | 0:30:00
Guests
- John Callas, Mars Exploration Rover Project Manager, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mars Exploration Rover Project Manager John Callas
Ray Bradbury Looks Back at Apollo 11
07/20/2009 | 0:30:00
Guests
- Ray Bradbury, Author, poet, and visionary
Ray Bradbury Looks Back at Apollo 11
Andrew Chaikin and Voices From the Moon
07/13/2009 | 0:30:00
Guests
- Andrew Chaikin, Author, Speaker, Space Historian
Andrew Chaikin and Voices From the Moon
The End of Ulysses -- How Engineers Kept It Alive So Long
07/06/2009 | 0:30:00
Guests
- Nigel Angold, Ulysses Mission Operations Manager
The End of Ulysses -- How Engineers Kept It Alive So Long
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Project Scientist Richard Vondrak
06/30/2009 | 0:30:04
Guests
- Richard Vondrak, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Project Scientist
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Project Scientist Richard Vondrak
Phil Christensen Wants Your Help Imaging Mars
06/22/2009 | 0:30:01
Guests
- Phil Christensen, TES and THEMIS Principal Investigator, Arizona State University
Phil Christensen Wants Your Help Imaging Mars
Earth Observation at the World Resources Simulation Center Design Event
06/15/2009 | 0:30:26
Earth Observation at the World Resources Simulation Center Design Event
Alan Stern's Biggest Planetary Science Mysteries
06/08/2009 | 0:30:44
Guests
- Alan Stern, New Horizons Principal Investigator, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
Alan Stern's Biggest Planetary Science Mysteries
Chris McKay on the Phoenix Mission's Big Surprise
06/01/2009 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Chris McKay, Famed planetary scientist, NASA Ames Research Center
Chris McKay on the Phoenix Mission's Big Surprise
New Life for Hubble Space Telescope, New Leader for NASA
05/25/2009 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Louis D. Friedman, Secretary-Treasurer of the Board of Directors, The Planetary Society
New Life for Hubble Space Telescope, New Leader for NASA
Oldest Bang Since the Big Bang!
05/18/2009 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Neil Gehrels, Principal Investigator, Swift mission
Oldest Bang Since the Big Bang!
Kepler Begins Search for Other Earths
05/11/2009 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Bill Borucki, Kepler Principal Investigator
Kepler Begins Search for Other Earths
A Mars Exploration Rover Update with Project Scientist Bruce Banerdt
05/04/2009 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Bruce Banerdt, MER Project Scientist
A Mars Exploration Rover Update with Project Scientist Bruce Banerdt
Amateur Astronomers Avoiding Armageddon: New Shoemaker NEO Grant Awardees
04/27/2009 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Robert Holmes, Shoemaker NEO Grant recipient
- Dan Durda, Near Earth Object astronomer and astronomical painter
Amateur Astronomers Avoiding Armageddon: New Shoemaker NEO Grant Awardees
Space Stinks! Astronaut and Author Tom Jones
04/20/2009 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Tom Jones, Astronaut
Space Stinks! Astronaut and Author Tom Jones
A Cassini Saturn Update from Linda Spilker
04/13/2009 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Linda Spilker, Cassini Project Scientist, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
A Cassini Saturn Update from Linda Spilker
04/06/2009 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Mark Gittelman, Vice President and General Manager, Oceaneering Space Systems
Have Spacesuit, Will Travel
Exoplanet Finder Debra Fischer
03/23/2009 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Debra Fischer, Astronomer
Exoplanet Finder Debra Fischer
03/16/2009 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Heather Archuletta, NASA experimental test subject
Going to Bed for NASA
Bringing Astronomy to the People With Mike Simmons
03/09/2009 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Mike Simmons, President, Astronomers Without Borders
Bringing Astronomy to the People With Mike Simmons
Space Debris Can Ruin Your Day
03/02/2009 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Bill Ailor, Director of the Aerospace Corporation's Center for Orbital and Reentry Debris Studies
Space Debris Can Ruin Your Day
Signs of Life? Discovery of Martian Methane Plumes
02/23/2009 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Bill Nye, Chief Executive Officer
- Michael Mumma, Director, Goddard Center for Astrobiology
Signs of Life? Discovery of Martian Methane Plumes
Diving Europa with the Makers of Under the Sea 3D and Lonne Lane
02/09/2009 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Howard Hall, Under the Sea 3D
- Michelle Hall, Under the Sea 3D
- Lonne Lane, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Diving Europa with the Makers of Under the Sea 3D and Lonne Lane
Doing Science on the Moon: The Lunar Science Institute
02/02/2009 | 0:28:52
Guests
- David Morrison, Interim Director, NASA's Lunar Science Institute
Doing Science on the Moon: The Lunar Science Institute
Return to Jupiter with the Juno Mission
01/26/2009 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Scott Bolton, Principal Investigator for JUNO
Return to Jupiter with the Juno Mission
Celebrate the Mars Rovers With Jim Bell
01/19/2009 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Jim Bell, President of the Board of Directors, The Planetary Society
- Bill Nye, Chief Executive Officer
Celebrate the Mars Rovers With Jim Bell
Looking for ET's Flashlight: Optical SETI
01/12/2009 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Paul Horowitz, Astrophysicist, Harvard University
Looking for ET's Flashlight: Optical SETI
Looking Back at the Phoenix Mars Polar Lander With Peter Smith
01/05/2009 | 0:28:52
Guests
- Peter Smith, Principal Investigator for Phoenix, University of Arizona
Looking Back at the Phoenix Mars Polar Lander With Peter Smith
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