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OPTICAL SETI HAS AN EYE FOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL MESSAGES
February 17, 2003
Guests: Paul Horowitz
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Could an extraterrestrial intelligence use a giant laser to communicate between the stars? Harvard professor Paul Horowitz is part of the search for such illuminating signals. Also, diamond rain, and...  more »

100 EXTRASOLAR PLANET CANDIDATES...AND COUNTING!
February 10, 2003
Guests: Steve Howell
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Solar systems seem to be popping up almost everywhere we look. We'll talk with Steve Howell, who heads the Search for Extrasolar Planets at the Planetary Science Institute.  more »

SPECIAL LIVE EDITION OF PLANETARY RADIO: THE LOSS OF SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA
February 3, 2003
Guests: Louis Friedman, David Warmflash
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Planetary Radio puts aside its regular format for a live conversation with Lou Friedman, the Planetary Society's Executive Director, about Columbia's legacy and the future of manned space...  more »

A RENAISSANCE SPACE MAN: DR. WILLIAM HARTMANN TALKS ABOUT HIS NOVELS, ART AND RESEARCH
January 27, 2003
Guests: William Hartmann
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Planetary Radio visits with Bill Hartmann, artist, author (Mars Underground, Cities of Gold), and researcher at the Planetary Science Institute.

Emily Lakdawalla explores the failed...  more »

ANOTHER BENEFIT OF SPACE SCIENCE? SHUTTLE EXPERIMENT OFFERS GLIMMER OF HOPE IN THE MIDEAST
January 20, 2003
Guests: Tariq Adwan, Yuval Landau
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The Planetary Society helped bring together two students, Palestinian Tariq Adwan and Israeli Yuval Landau, to work with scientists on an experiment to test the concept of "panspermia." As of this...  more »

A MICROWAVE PUSH TO THE STARS?
January 13, 2003
Guests: Jim Benford, Greg Benford
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Science fiction writer and physicist Greg Benford joins his physicist brother Jim in talking about their work on microwave propulsion. They've already had success in the lab at NASA's Jet Propulsion...  more »

EARTH-SHATTERING IMPACTS
January 6, 2003
Guests: Adriana Ocampo
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Adriana Ocampo is a senior scientist at the European Space Agency and a Society board member. She talks about her research on asteroid and comet impacts, and about international space...  more »

STAR TREK SCIENCE
December 23, 2002
Guests: Andre Bormanis
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Star Trek writer and consultant Andre Bormanis talks about science, and how it has helped make the Trek TV shows and movies special for nearly three decades. Also, the song of Jupiter and What's Up!  more »

INTERVIEW WITH FREEMAN DYSON
December 16, 2002
Guests: Freeman Dyson
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Freeman Dyson pays a visit to the Planetary Society for a wide-ranging conversation with Board Chair Bruce Murray and Executive Director Lou Friedman. Also, more Random Space Facts, and Bruce Betts...  more »

PLANETARY RADIO LOOKS AT SETI
December 9, 2002
Guests: David Anderson
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The Society's new public radio series looks at the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI), with SETI@Home Director David Anderson. Emily Lakdawalla reveals the suprisingly long history of...  more »