Program Archives

OCEANOGRAPHER JOHN DELANEY JUMPS IN EUROPA'S OCEAN
March 27, 2006
Guests: John Delaney
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Oceanographer John Delaney believes our growing knowledge of Earth's oceans will help us explore the sea under Europa's ice.  more »

NEWS FROM THE 37TH LUNAR AND PLANETARY SCIENCE CONFERENCE
March 20, 2006
Guests: Emily Lakdawalla, Scott Sandford
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Emily Lakdawalla reports on the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, while Stardust co-investigator Scott Sandford describes exciting results.  more »

HARVARD PHYSICIST LISA RANDALL ON HIDDEN DIMENSIONS AND NEW UNIVERSES TO EXPLORE
March 13, 2006
Guests: Lisa Randall
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Harvard physicist and author Lisa Randall talks about hidden dimensions and other universes.  more »

EUROPA: LIFE BENEATH THE ICE?
March 6, 2006
Guests: Torrence Johnson, Chris McKay, Bob Pappalardo
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Highlights from a public forum on what may be found in Europa's ocean and how to reach it, w/ Chris McKay, Bob Pappalardo, Torrence Johnson, and more.  more »

THIRD TIME'S THE CHARM FOR DAN MCCLEESE AND THE MARS CLIMATE SOUNDER
February 27, 2006
Guests: Dan McClese
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Mars Climate Sounder Principal Investigator Dan McCleese on instrument's third chance to reach the red planet, on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.  more »

ON THE WAY TO PLUTO WITH NEW HORIZONS PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR ALAN STERN
February 20, 2006
Guests: Alan Stern
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Principal Investigator Alan Stern returns for the first time since launch of New Horizons toward Jupiter, Pluto and beyond.  more »

HAS NASA'S VISION FOR SPACE EXPLORATION BECOME NEARSIGHTED?
February 13, 2006
Guests: Bruce Murray, Louis Friedman
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NASA announced its budget plans last week. We take a look at those plans, and get commentary from Planetary Society Executive Director Lou...  more »

CLOSING IN ON AN INTERPLANETARY MYSTERY: THE PIONEER ANOMALY
February 6, 2006
Guests: John Anderson
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JPL Senior Research Scientist John Anderson updates the Pioneer Anomaly casebook, and reports that there may be one more attempt to...  more »

THE ORION NEBULA AS YOU'VE NEVER SEEN IT
January 30, 2006
Guests: Massimo Robberto
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It has been called a stellar nursery, and it has never been so spectacular. Astronomer Massimo Robberto is our guide to a new, billion-pixel image of the Orion Nebula that you can more »

A GREAT WEEK FOR SPACE EXPLORATION
January 23, 2006
Guests: John Spencer, Andrew Westphal
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Andrew Westphal on what's been found in the Stardust Sample Return Capsule and John Spencer on the New Horizons launch and the upcoming Jupiter flyby.  more »