Planetary Radio • November 13, 2012
Executive Director, NExScI
Co-Founder and Executive Director Emeritus, The Planetary Society
Senior Editor and Planetary Evangelist, The Planetary Society
Chief Executive Officer
Film and television producer, Lynda Obst Productions
Richard Feynman Emeritus Professor of Theoretical Physics, CalTech
MSL Science Team Collaborator, Caltech
November 9 was Planetary Society founder Carl Sagan's birthday, so we gathered a few of his close friends and several young scientists he inspired in front of a live audience. They also helped us celebrate Planetary Radio's 10th anniversary! You’ll hear Bill Nye the Science Guy, renowned physicist Kip Thorne, “Contact” producer Lynda Obst, Planetary Society co-founder Lou Friedman, NExScI Executive Director Chas Beichman and many more.
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This week's prize is a beautiful and informative 2013 Year In Space wall calendar.
This week's question:
What was the first and only radio station to broadcast the first episode of Planetary Radio?
To submit your answer:
Send an email no later than Monday, November 19, at 2 pm Pacific time to planetaryradio@planetary.org containing:
Last week's question:
This week's question:
What was the last space mission that launched exactly two people?
Answer:
The answer will be revealed next week.
Question from the week before:
What is the orbital period of Ceres?
Answer:
Approximately 4.6 Earth years, or exactly one Cerean year
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Gerges Melki: 2014/07/11 03:31 CDT