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Alan Stern Puts His Stamp On Pluto

Air Date: 02/20/2012
Run Time: 0:28:50

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Guests:

• Alan Stern, New Horizons Principal Investigator, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory

Topics:

The former Associate Administrator for NASA's Science Mission Directorate returns with an update on the New Horizons mission to Pluto and the postage stamp he hopes will celebrate it. Alan also invite us to his conference on sub-orbital science. Emily Lakdawalla has a new video feature to go with her blog. Bill Nye wants NASA to restore funds for planetary science. Bruce Betts tells us the night sky is full of bright planets right now. He also talks about rovers with Mat Kaplan, and announces a new space trivia contest.

Related Links:

• New Horizons Mission and Postage Stamp Campaign
• Investigator Links for Alan Stern
• Emily Lakdawalla's Snapshots From Space Video
• The Scale of the Universe, by Cary and Michael Huang
• Where are the big Kuiper belt objects?

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