Program Archives

LOOKING BACK: JURRIE VAN DER WOUDE'S 37 YEARS AT JPL
April 28, 2003
Guests: Jurrie van der Woude
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Forty years of robotic lunar and planetary exploration at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory has been plenty of time to generate great stories. Recently retired Public Information Officer Jurrie van der...  more »

RETURN TO MARS: TWO ROVER LANDING SITES CHOSEN
April 21, 2003
Guests: Matt Golombek
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Matt Golombek was co-chair of the international site selection committee for the Mars Exploration Rovers. He'll tell us about that process, and about the exciting destinations just chosen. What...  more »

A MICROPHONE ON MARS?
April 14, 2003
Guests: Greg Delory
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What would you sound like on Mars? Berkeley researcher Greg Delory and the Planetary Society have developed the Mars Microphone, so that we can find out. Emily Lakdawalla explains the surreal sulfur...  more »

DEEP SPACE 1 / ET PHONES HOME!
April 7, 2003
Guests: Marc Rayman
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Deep Space 1 has just won an award. Project manager Marc Rayman talks about the ion-engine powered spacecraft that visited Comet Borrelly. Emily looks forward to TV from Mars. SETI@home's Dan...  more »

MASTERS OF SCIENCE FICTION
March 31, 2003
Guests: Kim Robinson, David Brin
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The latest books from David Brin and Kim Stanley Robinson have been nominated for the Arthur C. Clarke Prize. Both authors visit Planetary Radio to talk about their work, past and present, and to...  more »

A VISIT WITH SIR ARTHUR C. CLARKE
March 24, 2003
Guests: Arthur C. Clarke
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One of the world's most famous authors and visionaries joins us from his home in Sri Lanka. You'll hear about his latest novel, and his suggestions of what to watch for on the frontiers of science....  more »

SETI@HOME AIMS ARECIBO AT THE BEST ET CANDIDATES
March 17, 2003
Guests: Dan Wertheimer
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After four years of data analysis, with four million personal computers on the job, SETI@home takes over the Arecibo radio telescope this week. Chief scientist Dan Werthimer talks about aiming the...  more »

LIFE IN THE EXTREME
March 10, 2003
Guests: Chris McKay
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On Earth, life always seems to find a way to thrive. Could the same be true on Mars? NASA planetary scientist Chris McKay wants to know. Chris also talks about Europa and Titan on this week's...  more »

COOL SCIENCE: ICE ON EUROPA AND MARS
March 3, 2003
Guests: Elizabeth Turtle
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Planetary Radio is put on ice with Dr. Elizabeth "Zibi" Turtle of the University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Lab. Bruce Betts says "red" marks the stormy spot on Jupiter in What's Up?, and...  more »

THE VOLCANOES OF IO
February 24, 2003
Guests: Rosaly Lopes
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A really hot show this week, as Dr. Rosaly Lopes of JPL helps up explore the over one hundred active volcanoes on Jupiter's moon, Io, along with a few on Earth.  more »