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JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE STATUS REPORT FROM DEPUTY PROGRAM DIRECTOR ERIC SMITH
February 6, 2012 Guests: Eric Smith Select Format: MP3 Windows Media Headed for a planned 2018 launch, the huge JWST will build on the success of the beloved Hubble Space Telescope. The project remains controversial even as components are completed. Emily Lakdawalla... more »
PLANCK PROJECT SCIENTIST JAN TAUBER ON A MISSION MILESTONE
January 30, 2012 Guests: Jan Tauber, Bill Nye Select Format: MP3 Windows Media The European Space Agency's Planck spacecraft has reached a milestone in its investigation of our universe's origin and much more. Project Scientist Jan Tauber explains the mission and what it hopes... more »
THE SPACEUP UNCONFERENCE AND A FREE ONLINE ASTRONOMY CLASS
January 23, 2012 Guests: Bruce Betts, Chris Radcliff, Marimikel Charrier Select Format: MP3 Windows Media An opportunity to learn, and an opportunity to hang out with other space geeks—both are presented in this week's show as we talk with planetary scientist Bruce Betts about his free, online Intro to... more »
HOW "OUTSIDE IN" WILL ROCK YOUR SOLAR SYSTEM
January 16, 2012 Guests: Stephen van Vuuren, Mike Malaska Select Format: MP3 Windows Media Outside In is a spectacular IMAX movie being made out of nothing but actual photos of our solar system and beyond—no computer-generated images. Hear how and why it's coming together from its creator,... more »
IS ANYBODY HOME? ASSESSING A PLANET'S HABITABILITY
January 9, 2012 Guests: Dirk Schulze-Makuch, Bill Nye Select Format: MP3 Windows Media Planets everywhere, and soon we'll have discovered thousands. Now there's a way to score their suitability for life, says astrobiologist Dirk Schulze-Makuch and his colleagues. Emily Lakdawalla... more »
PLANETARY RADIO LIVE CONTINUES! WITH JOHN CALLAS OF THE MARS EXPLORATION ROVERS AND JOY CRISP OF THE MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY
January 2, 2012 Guests: John Callas, Joy Crisp, Bill Nye Select Format: MP3 Windows Media Here's the second half of our December show recorded in front of a live audience. It has much more about Opportunity nearing its 8th anniversary exploring the Red Planet, and about Curiosity, the... more »
PLANETARY RADIO LIVE! WITH JOHN CALLAS OF THE MARS EXPLORATION ROVERS AND JOY CRISP OF THE MARS SCIENCE LABORATORY
December 26, 2011 Guests: John Callas, Joy Crisp, KJ Williams Select Format: MP3 Windows Media We once again go before a live audience for an all Mars rover show. You'll hear the latest about Opportunity nearing its 8th anniversary exploring the Red Planet, and about Curiosity, arriving on... more »
ASTRONAUT REX WALHEIM: NASA IS LOOKING FOR A FEW GOOD SPACEMEN AND WOMEN
December 19, 2011 Guests: Rex Walheim Select Format: MP3 Windows Media Rex Walheim has flown to the International Space Station three times. Now this space veteran is helping NASA hire a new crop of astronauts, and he wants you! Emily Lakdawalla tells of three young... more »
EMILY LAKDAWALLA'S SPECIAL REPORT ON THE AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION FALL MEETING
December 12, 2011 Guests: Emily Lakdawalla, Bill Nye Select Format: MP3 Windows Media More than 22,000 scientists have returned home from the AGU's big meeting in San Francisco. They include our own Emily Lakdawalla, who tells us about some of the fascinating research unveiled at the... more »
AUTHOR DAVA SOBEL'S NEW BOOK ABOUT COPERNICUS: "A MORE PERFECT HEAVEN"
December 5, 2011 Guests: Dava Sobel Select Format: MP3 Windows Media Author and historian Dava Sobel returns to talk about her new fascinating book, "A More Perfect Heaven—How Copernicus Revolutionized the Cosmos." Bill Nye laments the probable loss of Russia's... more » |
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