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30th Anniversary of The Planetary Society
 

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ON THE EDGE OF SCIENCE: THE NASA INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED CONCEPTS
November 8, 2004
Guests: Robert Cassanova
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The NIAC is charged with identifying and encouraging concepts in space science and engineering that no other agency will touch. We talk with its Director, Robert Cassanova. Emily Lakdawalla...  more »

BLACK CATS AND OTHER MYSTERIES--CASSINI-HUYGENS AT SATURN'S MOON TITAN
November 1, 2004
Guests: Toby Owen
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Special coverage of the first Cassini-Huygens flyby of smog-shrouded Titan, including an interview with planetary scientist Toby Owen. Emily Lakdawalla sheds new light on the strange moon in this...  more »

GETTING READY FOR TITAN WITH CHRIS MCKAY
October 25, 2004
Guests: Chris McKay
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Famed planetary scientist Chris McKay returns to Planetary Radio, this time to talk about both a close encounter between Cassini and Saturn's moon Titan, and the January descent of the Huygens probe...  more »

A CONVERSATION WITH JET PROPULSION LAB DIRECTOR CHARLES ELACHI
October 18, 2004
Guests: Charles Elachi
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Charles Elachi has been part of many missions in his thirty years at JPL, but his greatest mission may have began three years ago when he became director. Hear him talk about the famous lab, the...  more »

A SPECIAL PLANETARY RADIO: SPACESHIPONE WINS THE X PRIZE!
October 11, 2004
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Join host Mat Kaplan in California's Mojave desert for a special documentary about the October 4th return of Burt Rutan's rocket plane to the edge of space. You'll hear exclusive material not...  more »

FORMER SOVIET SPACE PROGRAM DIRECTOR ROALD SAGDEEV ON THE SPUTNIK 1 ANNIVERSARY
October 4, 2004
Guests: Roald Sagdeev
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It was the mission that began the Space Age. Sputnik 1 shocked the world when it went into orbit on October 4, 1957. We talk with Dr. Roald Sagdeev, former Director of the Soviet Space Research...  more »

AMATEUR ASTRONOMERS WORK TO SAVE THE PLANET
September 27, 2004
Guests: Roy Tucker, Matt Dawson
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Shoemaker Near Earth Object (NEO) grants have been helping amateur astronomers and professionals at smaller observatories since 1997. We talk to two of the recipients about their efforts to find and...  more »

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 »