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SETI@HOME CHIEF SCIENTIST DAN WERTHIMER SAYS SORRY, WRONG NUMBER
September 20, 2004 Guests: Dan Wertheimer Select Format: MP3 Windows Media 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 Select Format: MP3 Windows Media 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 Select Format: MP3 Windows Media 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 Select Format: MP3 Windows Media 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 Select Format: MP3 Windows Media 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 Select Format: MP3 Windows Media 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 Select Format: MP3 Windows Media 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 Select Format: MP3 Windows Media 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 Select Format: MP3 Windows Media 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 Select Format: MP3 Windows Media 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 » |
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