Program Archives

ANN DRUYAN ON NEW HONORS FOR CARL SAGAN
September 22, 2008
Guests: Ann Druyan
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Longtime partner Ann Druyan is proud of NASA's new Carl Sagan Fellowships. Bill Nye has a tribute for his old professor.  more »

ASTROPULSE: A NEW WAY FOR ET TO PHONE HOME
September 15, 2008
Guests: Dan Werthimer
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SETI@home Chief Scientist Dan Werthimer returns to tell us about a new search now underway on many of SETI@home's one million computers. Astropulse is looking for signals that may reach us as quick,...  more »

NORTHROP GRUMMAN SPACE TECHNOLOGY PRESIDENT ALEXIS LIVANOS
September 8, 2008
Guests: Alexis Livanos
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Engineer, scientist, and executive Livanos talks about his company's fifty years of support for space science, the status of the James Webb Space Telescope, and his passionate concern about climate...  more »

THE ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO ASTRONOMICAL WONDERS
September 1, 2008
Guests: Robert Bruce Thompson
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It may be the only book amateur astronomers need. We'll talk with Illustrated Guide to Astronomical Wonders co-author Robert Bruce Thompson. Bill Nye provides reassurance regarding dependence on...  more »

ULYSSES MISSION OPERATIONS MANAGER NIGEL ANGOLD ON THE END OF THE SOLAR POLAR JOURNEY
August 25, 2008
Guests: Nigel Angold
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After eighteen years in space, a trip to Jupiter and flights over the north and south poles of the Sun, the Ulysses mission is nearing its end. We talk with Mission Operations Manager Nigel Angold of...  more »

JUT WYNNE IN THE CAVES OF THE ATACAMA
August 18, 2008
Guests: J. Judson Wynne
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USGS Speleologist J. Judson Wynne joins us via Iridium satellite phone as he prepares to enter another cave in the Mars-like Chilean desert. Bill Nye the Science Guy dips his toe in the lakes of...  more »

DAVID MORRISON OF NASA'S LUNAR SCIENCE INSTITUTE AND JACK GREGG ON THE LUNAR REGOLITH CHALLENGE
August 11, 2008
Guests: David Morrison, Jack Gregg
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Distinguished scientist David Morrison of NASA's Lunar Science Institute, while Jack Gregg heads speaks about the 2nd Lunar Regolith Challenge.  more »

PHOENIX MARS LANDER UPDATE: TASTE THE WATER!
August 4, 2008
Guests: Michael Meyer, Peter Smith, Bill Boynton, Victoria Hipkin, Mark Lemmon
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An exciting update from the Phoenix Mars Lander team, with further insights from Emily Lakdawalla. Bill Nye also celebrates Phoenix.  more »

OBSERVING EARTH WITH SPACE STUDIES BOARD CHAIR CHARLES KENNEL
July 28, 2008
Guests: Charles Kennel
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As part of our newly-expanded coverage of our own planet, former Director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography Charlie Kennel shares his concern about the future of the Earth observation...  more »

ASTONISHING MERCURY, WITH MESSENGER PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR SEAN SOLOMON
July 21, 2008
Guests: Sean Solomon
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When the MESSENGER spacecraft flew by Mercury in January, it gave us the first up close look in nearly thirty-three years. PI Sean Solomon returns to tell us about the amazing data gathered during...  more »