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VIP Tour of a Huge Solar Sail BONUS: Falcon 9 and Dragon Head for the ISS!

Air Date: 05/21/2012
Run Time: 28:50

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Guests:

• Mason Peck, NASA Chief Technologist, NASA
• Honorable Dana Rohrabacher, Congressman, US Congress
• Nathan Barnes, , L'Garde Incorporated

Topics: solar sailing, future technology

Join the VIP tour!  Planetary Radio visited L’Garde, Incorporated to see how its giant solar sail is coming together. You’ll hear from Congressman Dana Rohrabacher, NASA Chief Technologist Mason Peck, and L’Garde co-founder Gordon Veal. Emily Lakdawalla and Bruce Betts report on their views of the annular solar eclipse, while Bruce joins Mat in another space trivia contest.  Also, a brief report on the launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 to the International Space Station.

Related Links

• L'Garde Incorporated
• Congressman Dana Rohrabacher
• Mat Kaplan's Blog--Visiting a Solar Sail in the OC
• Methone, an egg in Saturn orbit?
• A stunning view of Mars from Argyre to Thaumasia

Trivia Contest

This week's prize is a Planetary Radio T-shirt.

This week's question:
Who performed the first known observation of a Venus transit, and it what year?

To submit your answer:
Send an email no later than Monday, May 28, at 2 pm Pacific time to planetaryradio@planetary.org containing:

1. Your answer
2. Your name
3. How to pronounce your name
4. Your mailing address
5. Your email address !
6. Your t-shirt size

Last week's question:
What is the current understanding of the value of the Hubble Constant?

Answer:
Coming soon in next week's show!

Question from the week before:
Who sat in the middle seat of the Apollo 11 Command Module at launch?

Answer:
Buzz Aldrin sat in the center seat of the command module at the launch of Apollo 11.

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