Live at the National Air and Space Museum

Apollo 11 Command Module at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum

Air Date: 06/18/2012
Run Time: 29:52

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Guests:

John M. Logsdon, Board of Directors, The Planetary Society
David DeVorkin, Senior Curator, History of Astronomy and the Space Sciences, National Air and Space Museum
Bill Nye, Chief Executive Officer,

Topics: history, Space Policy, podcasts and videos, interview, human spaceflight

Planetary Radio visited the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum late last April to record a stimulating conversation in front of a live audience. You'll hear authors David DeVorkin, Senior Curator of the History of Astronomy and the Space Sciences for the Museum, and John Logsdon, founder of the Space Policy Institute. They are joined in the Moving Beyond Earth gallery by Bill Nye and Mat Kaplan. In their regular segments, Bill and Emily Lakdawalla congratulate China for dual successes in space, while Bruce Betts and Mat look to the sky for What's Up!

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