Program Archives

WHY WE NEED MISSIONS TO EARTH
July 14, 2008
Guests: Berrien Moore
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Former University of New Hampshire Professor Berrien Moore shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize and now heads Climate Central. He talks about participation in a recent Planetary Society delegation to...  more »

WALL*E AND THE FUTURE OF ROBOTS IN SPACE
July 7, 2008
Guests: Andrew Stanton, Wolfgang Fink
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Can lovable little WALL*E of the new Disney Pixar film help excite young people about space exploration and point the way to the future of robotics? We talk with WALL*E creator Andrew Stanton and...  more »

WILLIAM HARTMANN ON 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF TUNGUSKA'S BIG BANG
June 30, 2008
Guests: William Hartmann
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Early on the morning of June 30, 1908, a peaceful Siberian forest was suddenly leveled by the explosion of a meteor. Scientist, author and artist Bill Hartmann returns to Planetary Radio to talk...  more »

THE MILKY WAY: A NEW GALACTIC SELF-PORTRAIT
June 23, 2008
Guests: Bob Benjamin, Thomas Dame
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Astronomers have just announced findings that have reshaped understanding of our home galaxy. Bob Benjamin and Thomas Dame join us to explain. Emily Lakdawalla provides a Phoenix Mars mission...  more »

RALPH LORENZ AND TITAN UNVEILED
June 16, 2008
Guests: Ralph Lorenz
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Planetary scientist Ralph Lorenz has co-authored a great new book about Saturn's moon and the Cassini-Huygens mission that has revealed its amazingly Earth-like surface. Emily Lakdawalla reaches for...  more »

LANDING ON MARS: HOW HARD CAN IT BE?
June 9, 2008
Guests: Rob Manning
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JPL's Rob Manning explores just a few of the challenges of landing a spacecraft on another planet. We also get a Phoenix mission update from Emily Lakdawalla, who says not everything is going well. ...  more »

PHOENIX ON ICE: ONE WEEK IN THE MARTIAN ARCTIC CIRCLE
June 2, 2008
Guests: Peter Smith, Emily Lakdawalla, Bill Nye, Mike Griffin
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We continue special coverage of the Phoenix mission with an update from Emily Lakdawalla, and excerpts from the Planetary Society's Planetfest celebration during the May 25 landing, featuring Bill...  more »

SEVEN MINUTES OF TERROR AND TRIUMPH: PHOENIX LANDS ON MARS
May 26, 2008
Guests: Peter Smith
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Special coverage of the Phoenix mission continues following the thrilling touchdown of the spacecraft in the Arctic Circle of Mars. You'll hear exclusive conversations with Principal Investigator...  more »

COUNTDOWN TO TOUCHDOWN ON MARS
May 19, 2008
Guests: Peter Smith, Edward Weiler, Barry Goldstein
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We begin special coverage of the Phoenix mission, landing in the Martian Arctic Circle on May 25. A media briefing featured Principal Investigator Peter Smith, Project Manager Barry Goldstein, NASA...  more »

XCOR'S LYNX: ANOTHER RIDE INTO SPACE
May 12, 2008
Guests: Douglas Graham
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XCOR Aerospace, a neighbor of Scaled Composites in the California desert, has announced plans for the Lynx two-seater spaceplane. XCOR's Douglas Graham talks about this and other projects. Bill Nye...  more »