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Planetary Society Hangout: Jan 3rd, 2013 - Mars scientist Jim Bell
Guests
- Jim Bell, President of the Board of Directors, The Planetary Society
- Bill Nye, Chief Executive Officer
- Emily Lakdawalla, Senior Editor and Planetary Evangelist, The Planetary Society
- Casey Dreier, Advocacy and Outreach Strategist, The Planetary Society
Dr. Jim Bell, lead scientist on the cameras for Spirit and Opportunity and mission scientist for the Mastcam instrument on Curiosity, joins us to talk about Mars.
Planetary Society Hangout: Dec 20th, 2012 - Talking Titan with Sarah Horst
Guests
- Sarah Hörst, NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Colorado
- Emily Lakdawalla, Senior Editor and Planetary Evangelist, The Planetary Society
- Casey Dreier, Advocacy and Outreach Strategist, The Planetary Society
This week, we're excited to have as a guest Dr. Sarah Hörst. Sarah is a postdoc at the University of Colorado whose current line of research involves experimental work on the complex atmospheric chemistry of Titan. She is also applying to be an astronaut!
The Planetary Society Says Thank You!
To show our gratitude for your support, The Planetary Society staff and partners around the world send you heartfelt thanks via this short video.
Guests
- John Grotzinger, Curiosity Project Scientist, California Institute of Technology
- Bill Nye, Chief Executive Officer
- Emily Lakdawalla, Senior Editor and Planetary Evangelist, The Planetary Society
- Bruce Betts, Director of Projects, The Planetary Society
- Mat Kaplan
Discoveries on Mars are rolling in as Curiosity rolls across the planet's surface. We celebrate the powerful rover and its spectacular mission with the leaders of the Curiosity team at JPL, Project Manager Richard Cook and Project Scientist John Grotzinger.
Guests
- Emily Lakdawalla, Senior Editor and Planetary Evangelist, The Planetary Society
- Bruce Betts, Director of Projects, The Planetary Society
- Mat Kaplan
- Casey Dreier, Advocacy and Outreach Strategist, The Planetary Society
Emily Lakdawalla and Bruce Betts join Casey Dreier to talk about GRAIL's upcoming "deorbit", the current update on Curiosity, and what's next for the newly-announced 2020 rover mission.
Planetary Society Hangout Dec 6 2012: Curiosity update and the 2020 rover
Guests
- Casey Dreier, Advocacy and Outreach Strategist, The Planetary Society
- Emily Lakdawalla, Senior Editor and Planetary Evangelist, The Planetary Society
Join Emily Lakdawalla and Casey Dreier for a discussion of the Curiosity kerfuffle and NASA's future rover plans. Casey reported on location from the American Geophysical Union meeting in San Francisco.
AGU Day 1: Curiosity News Update
Guests
- Emily Lakdawalla, Senior Editor and Planetary Evangelist, The Planetary Society
Planetary Society Senior Editor Emily Lakdawalla summarizes the latest science returns from NASA's Curiosity rover as presented on day one of the American Geophysical Union's 2012 Fall conference in San Francisco.
Cosmoquest Science Hour, November 21, 2012: No, Curiosity did not find life on Mars
Guests
- Emily Lakdawalla, Senior Editor and Planetary Evangelist, The Planetary Society
- Fraser Cain, Publisher, Universe Today
In which Emily Lakdawalla tries to tamp down Fraser Cain's enthusiasm about whatever it was that SAM found on Mars. We're discussing this NPR story.
Guests
- Emily Lakdawalla, Senior Editor and Planetary Evangelist, The Planetary Society
- Pamela Conrad
Enjoy an hour of explanation of Curiosity's Sample Analysis at Mars instrument with Emily Lakdawalla and Pamela Conrad.
Cosmoquest Science Hour, October 24, 2012: Curiosity and DPS updates
Guests
- Emily Lakdawalla, Senior Editor and Planetary Evangelist, The Planetary Society
- Fraser Cain, Publisher, Universe Today
Emily Lakdawalla and Fraser Cain discuss Curiosity's recent (in)activity as well as cool exoplanet, moon, and Vesta science from the Division of Planetary Sciences meeting.
More Multimedia
Bruce Betts' Online College Intro Astronomy Course 2013
Planetary Society Director of Projects Dr. Bruce Betts taugh an online introductory college Astronomy class during Spring semester 2013 that watch the archive of here. The course was through California State University Dominguez Hills.
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