Planetary Society Hangout: A Day in the Life of the Opportunity Rover with Emily Dean

Guests

• Casey Dreier, Advocacy and Outreach Strategist, The Planetary Society

Emily Dean has worked on Opportunity since its inception, starting when she was a high school student. While working on the mission, she followed her passion in art and architecture, and still works on Opportunity to this day. We explore how her unique background affects her work and what it's like to work on Opportunity day to day (or is it sol to sol?).

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Hangout on Air with Michael Puzio, Kid Who Named Asteroid Bennu

Guests

• Michael Puzio, age 9, Bennu
• Emily Lakdawalla, Senior Editor and Planetary Evangelist, The Planetary Society
• Dante Lauretta, OSIRIS-REx Principal Investigator, University of Arizona

Meet the kid who named Bennu! Bennu will be the target of NASA's OSIRIS-REx sample return mission. The name was suggested by 9-year-old Michael Puzio in a contest that attracted more than 8000 entries.

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2013 Planetary Defense Conference--Part 5: Bill Nye Joins Inspiring Panel Discussion

Guests

• Brent Barbee, Flight Dynamics Engineer, Goddard space Flight Center
• Mat Kaplan
• Amy Mainzer, NEOWISE Principal Investigator, Jet Propulsion Lab
• Cathy Plesko, Applied Physics Research Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory
• David Trilling, Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Northern Arizona University

Moderator Mat Kaplan of Planetary Radio leads a lively and inspiring conversation in the grand finale of the PDC public event. Four outstanding young leaders in the planetary defense community join Bill and Mat on stage.

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2013 Planetary Defense Conference--Part 4: Bill Nye the Science Guy!

Guests

• Bill Nye, Chief Executive Officer

The Planetary Society's CEO was a wildly popular speaker at the PDC public event on April 17, 2013. Here's his presentation to over 900 fans on the campus of Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff.

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2013 Planetary Defense Conference--Part 3: Bruce Betts Presents the Shoemaker NEO Grants

Guests

• Bruce Betts

The Planetary Society's Director of Projects served as MC for the exciting public event at this year's PDC. It was the perfect venue for Bruce to announce the winners in the latest round of Shoemaker Near Earth Object grants from the Society.

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2013 Planetary Defense Conference--Part 2: Meteorite Man Geoffrey Notkin

Guests

• Geoffrey Notkin, Science Writer, Host, Author, Meteorite Men

The 2013 PDC public event welcomes the co-star of the Science Channel's popular reality show to the Northern Arizona University stage.

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Write Congress to Stop the Cuts to Planetary Science in 2014

Guests

• Bill Nye, Chief Executive Officer

The proposed NASA budget for 2014 has bad news for Planetary Science. We need you to write to your representatives to stop the cuts--again.

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Planetary Society Hangout: 2014 NASA Budget Update and Planetary Defense Conference Recap

Guests

• Casey Dreier, Advocacy and Outreach Strategist, The Planetary Society
• Emily Lakdawalla, Senior Editor and Planetary Evangelist, The Planetary Society
• Mat Kaplan

Our weekly hangouts continue with an update on the 2014 NASA Budget proposal, the 2013 Planetary Defense Conference, and Mars One

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2013 Planetary Defense Conference--Part 1: Intros and What's Up!

The first of five segments that capture our exciting evening at the Planetary Defense Conference.

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2014 NASA Budget Hangout: Initial Reactions

Guests

• Bruce Betts, Director of Projects, The Planetary Society
• Bill Nye, Chief Executive Officer

We take questions and analyze the White House's 2014 NASA budget proposal.

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