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SETI@HOME CHIEF SCIENTIST DAN WERTHIMER SAYS SORRY, WRONG NUMBER
September 20, 2004
Guests: Dan Wertheimer
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The rumors of a message from an extraterrestrial intelligence have been greatly exaggerated, according to Dan Werthimer. He updates us on this and lots of other recent developments, including a...  more »

GENESIS RISES FROM THE ASHES/PLANETARY PROTECTION
September 13, 2004
Guests: Roger Wiens, Margaret Race
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Incredibly, after a terrible impact, scientists believe some of the solar wind samples from the Genesis spacecraft can be saved. Genesis team member Roger Wiens updates us from the Dugway Proving...  more »

BILLIONS OF EARTHS?
September 6, 2004
Guests: Geoff Marcy
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Professional planet hunter Geoff Marcy of UC Berkeley returns to share astounding news of newly-discovered Extrasolar Planets that are much closer in size to our Earth. Meteors, meteoroids and...  more »

GENESIS RETURNS WITH A BIT OF THE SUN
August 30, 2004
Guests: Don Burnett
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Genesis mission principal investigator and lead scientist Don Burnett is our guest, just as samples of the solar wind are about to be parachuted down into the Utah desert. Emily Lakdawalla offers up...  more »

IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF CARL SAGAN: NEIL TYSON OF THE HAYDEN PLANETARIUM
August 23, 2004
Guests: Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Neil deGrasse Tyson, Director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York, talks about his work and his upcoming Origins television series on PBS. Emily Lakdawalla settles the question of densest planet,...  more »

ENCORE PRESENTATION: RAY BRADBURY'S 83RD BIRTHDAY PARTY!
August 16, 2004
Guests: Ray Bradbury
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It's our summer week off, so here's one of our most popular past programs. The Planetary Society and many of Ray's other friends decided to throw a birthday bash for him, even as the Earth passed...  more »

MOONWALKER HARRISON SCHMITT VISITS PLANETARY RADIO
August 9, 2004
Guests: Harrison Schmitt
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He was one of the last two humans to walk on the moon. Geologist, engineer, entrepreneur and former US Senator Harrison Schmitt talks about the legacy of Apollo, and his current dream of clean, cheap...  more »

MESSENGER SPACECRAFT HEADS FOR MERCURY
August 2, 2004
Guests: Sean Solomon
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As Principal Investigator, Sean Solomon has overall responsibility for MESSENGER, the first spacecraft heading to Mercury in three decades. He profiles the mission on this week's show. Blue sky,...  more »

THUNDERBIRDS DIRECTOR JONATHAN FRAKES OF STAR TREK FAME
July 26, 2004
Guests: Jonathan Frakes
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Star Trek Next Generation fans will always remember him as Commander Will Riker of the Starship Enterprise, but he now sits in the director's chair for movies including the newly released...  more »

APOLLO ASTRONAUTS VISIT PLANETARY RADIO
July 19, 2004
Guests: Harrison Schmitt, Rusty Schweickart
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We celebrate the 35th anniversary of the first moon landing by visiting with two Apollo astronauts. Moonwalker Harrison Schmitt talks about the legacy and promise of Apollo, while Rusty Schweickart...  more »