Program Archives

BY THE LIGHT OF A NEW WORLD
April 11, 2005
Guests: David Charbonneau
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Harvard astronomer David Charbonneau is lead author of a paper describing one of the first ever detections of light from a planet beyond our solar system. Emily Lakdawalla dishes up the Deep Space...  more »

GENESIS RISES FROM THE ASHES WITH A PIECE OF THE SUN
April 4, 2005
Guests: Roger Wiens
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It has been seven months since the Genesis probe smacked into the Utah desert. We hear good news from mission team member Roger Wiens about recovery of its unprecedented samples of the solar wind,...  more »

A SATURN UPDATE FROM CASSINI'S LINDA SPILKER
March 28, 2005
Guests: Linda Spilker
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The Cassini mission's Deputy Project Scientist gives us a progress report on the constant flow of exciting surprises from Saturn and its moons. Emily Lakdawalla has a Q&A about the light detected...  more »

NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON ON THE FUTURE OF SPACE EXPLORATION
March 21, 2005
Guests: Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Director of New York's Hayden Planetarium and host of the NOVA Origins miniseries returns to Planetary Radio for a conversation about the moon, Mars and beyond. He also gives positive marks to the...  more »

CHASING VOLCANOES AROUND THE SOLAR SYSTEM
March 14, 2005
Guests: Rosaly Lopes
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Planetary scientist and leading volcanologist Rosaly Lopes talks about her two new books, one about volcanoes everywhere in the solar system, and one that's a travel guide to both active and dormant...  more »

ASTRO TURF: M.G. LORD'S NEW BOOK ABOUT THE PRIVATE LIFE OF ROCKET SCIENCE
March 7, 2005
Guests: M. G. Lord
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The author of Forever Barbie has now created an intensely personal and insightful reflection on the evolving culture of space exploration, Astro Turf: The Private Life of Rocket...  more »

JOHN CASANI ON NASA'S PROMETHEUS PROJECT
February 28, 2005
Guests: John Casani
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If all goes well we are less than ten years away from the nuclear electric era of space exploration. That's the goal of the Prometheus Project. We visit with Project Manager John Casani. Were Earth...  more »

NASA'S BUDGET: GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS
February 21, 2005
Guests: Lori Garver, Louis Friedman
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NASA has submitted its 2006 budget request to Congress. Long time NASA watchers Lori Garver and Planetary Society Executive Director Lou Friedman provide insight and share their concerns. Emily...  more »

PLUTO'S DIAMOND JUBILEE
February 14, 2005
Guests: Reta Beebe, Clyde Tombaugh, Alan Stern
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We talk with astronomer Reta Beebe. She was a colleague and friend of Pluto's discoverer, Clyde Tombaugh. Principal investigator Alan Stern provides a status report on the New Horizons mission to...  more »

SAMI ASMAR: THE MAN WHO TOLD US THE HUYGENS PROBE MADE IT
February 7, 2005
Guests: Sami Asmar
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A conversation with Sami Asmar, Manager of the Radio Science Group at the Jet Propulsion Laborartory. He was waiting at one of the world's biggest radios for a billion mile message of success from...  more »