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New Life for Hubble Space Telescope, New Leader for NASA

Air Date: 05/25/2009
Run Time: 0:28:52

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Guests:

• Louis D. Friedman, Secretary-Treasurer of the Board of Directors, The Planetary Society

Topics:

President Barack Obama has nominated former astronaut Charles Bolden as NASA's new Administrator. Planetary Society Executive Director Lou Friedman shares his thoughts about Bolden, NASA's budget and the agency's future. Bill Nye the Planetary Guy is inspired by the repair and upgrade of the Hubble Space Telescope. There's monkey business afoot as Bruce Betts and Mat Kaplan explore the night sky and offer another space trivia contest in our What's Up segment.

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