Program Archives

SENDING AN SOS TO CONGRESS: SAVE OUR SCIENCE!
June 5, 2006
Guests: Louis Friedman
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Planetary Society Executive Director Lou Friedman talks about the Save Our Science campaign's recent trip to Washington.  more »

BIG EYE IN THE MARTIAN SKY: MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER PROJECT SCIENTIST RICH ZUREK
May 29, 2006
Guests: Rich Zurek
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Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Project Scientist Rich Zurek returns with an update on the craft now orbiting Mars.  more »

THE MANY MISSIONS OF JPL'S KEVIN BAINES
May 22, 2006
Guests: Kevin Baines
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Kevin Baines of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory has a piece of the action in more interplanetary missions than most planetary scientists. We talk with him about Venus Express, Cassini, New Horizons,...  more »

RUSTY SCHWEICKART AND MORE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE
May 15, 2006
Guests: Rusty Schweickart, Elon Musk, Peter Diamandis
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More from ISDC, including Apollo astronaut Rusty Schweickart on asteroid deflection, Elon Musk of SpaceX, and X Prize Foundation's Peter Diamandis.  more »

JOIN US AT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE
May 8, 2006
Guests: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Bill Nye, Burt Rutan
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Special coverage from the 25th annual ISDC in Los Angeles, featuring Neil deGrasse Tyson, Bill Nye the Science Guy, and Burt Rutan.  more »

HELP US FIND STAR DUST AT HOME!
May 1, 2006
Guests: Andrew Westphal
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Stardust mission researcher Andrew Westphal returns with news about what the spacecraft brought back to Earth, and how the public will help find more.  more »

ROB MANNING SAYS LANDING ON MARS IS HARD!
April 24, 2006
Guests: Rob Manning
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Landing people on Mars will be hard, but JPL's Rob Manning and other engineers are working on solutions.  more »

NEWS FROM SATURN AND A NEW COMPANION FOR VENUS
April 17, 2006
Guests: Linda Spilker, Emily Lakdawalla
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The Planetary Society's Emily Lakdawalla reports on the arrival of Venus Express; Cassini Deputy Project Scientist Linda Spilker has news from Saturn.  more »

LOOKING FOR LIFE WITH CHRIS MCKAY
April 10, 2006
Guests: Chris McKay
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Planetary scientist Chris McKay talks about where and how we should look for life in the universe, including Europa and Mars.  more »

A BRIGHT NEW STAR IN THE SEARCH FOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL INTELLIGENCE
April 3, 2006
Guests: Paul Horowitz, Andrew Howard
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Paul Horowitz talks about his new attempt to detect pulses of laser light from distant civilizations with the Optical SETI Dedicated Observatory.  more »