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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?).
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.
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
Planetary Society Weekly Hangout: The Ice Giants, with Heidi Hammel
Guests
- Emily Lakdawalla, Senior Editor and Planetary Evangelist, The Planetary Society
- Heidi Hammel, Vice President of the Board of Directors, The Planetary Society
My guest was Planetary Society Board vice president Heidi Hammel. We discussed two planets near and dear to our hearts, Neptune and Uranus. What's new on these icy worlds since Voyager 2 passed by, and what are the prospects for their future exploration?
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.
Planetary Society Weekly Hangout: Programming in the Sciences
Guests
- Casey Dreier, Advocacy and Outreach Strategist, The Planetary Society
Should all scientists be required to get formal training in computer science? Should they release their code as open-source software to the public? We talk with Chase Million, founder of Million Concepts, which provides scientific programming contracting to research scientists.
Planetary Society Weekly Hangout: Reports from the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
Guests
- Emily Lakdawalla, Senior Editor and Planetary Evangelist, The Planetary Society
- Casey Dreier, Advocacy and Outreach Strategist, The Planetary Society
Emily Lakdawalla reports from the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, and Casey Dreier reports on great news for Planetary Science funding at NASA.
Planetary Society Hangout: March 7th, 2013 - What's Going On With Curiosity and a NASA Budget Update
Guests
- Emily Lakdawalla, Senior Editor and Planetary Evangelist, The Planetary Society
- Casey Dreier, Advocacy and Outreach Strategist, The Planetary Society
The Curiosity rover hit an unexpected snag last week and had to switch over to a backup computer. It's coming out of "Safe Mode" operations later this week, but JPL engineers are still trying to figure out exactly what went wrong. We talk to Emily Lakdawalla to find out more.
Planetary Society Hangout: Asteroid Astronomy with Andy Rivkin
Guests
- Emily Lakdawalla, Senior Editor and Planetary Evangelist, The Planetary Society
- Andrew Rivkin, Senior Staff, Applied Physics Laboratory
Emily and Andy talked about the menagerie of rocks in the asteroid belt, how many of them travel in pairs and triples, how some of them are surprisingly wet, and how much you can learn about asteroids using Earth-based telescopes.
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