Program Archives

CELEBRATE THE MARS ROVERS WITH JIM BELL
January 19, 2009
Guests: Jim Bell, Bill Nye
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Planetary Society President Jim Bell leads the PanCam team for the Mars Exploration Rovers, Spirit and Opportunity. He came to Pasadena last week to help celebrate five years on Mars. Bill Nye...  more »

LOOKING FOR ET'S FLASHLIGHT: OPTICAL SETI
January 12, 2009
Guests: Paul Horowitz
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Harvard's Paul Horowitz returns with a status report on the All-Sky Optical Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, looking for the laser flash that will tell us we are not alone. Bill Nye on...  more »

LOOKING BACK AT THE PHOENIX MARS POLAR LANDER WITH PETER SMITH
January 5, 2009
Guests: Peter Smith
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The Phoenix Lander is dead - probably - but it lives on in the reams of data it returned from the red planet, including data about the water ice it found. Principal Investigator Peter Smith reviews...  more »

ANDREW CHAIKIN ON THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF APOLLO 8
December 29, 2008
Guests: Andrew Chaikin
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The author of "A Man on the Moon" and "A Passion for Mars" shares his thoughts about the first human mission beyond Earth and how the iconic Earthrise image challenges us to explore. Bill Nye says...  more »

REPORT ON THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION
December 22, 2008
Guests: Emily Lakdawalla
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Our own Emily Lakdawalla reports on her visit to the AGU, where she heard the latest news about Mars, two moons of Saturn and our own Moon. Bill Nye is inspired by a couple of house-shaking sonic...  more »

ARMADILLOS IN SPACE: NEIL MILBURN OF ARMADILLO AEROSPACE
December 15, 2008
Guests: Neil Milburn
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Armadillo Aerospace just won the biggest NASA Centennial Challenge yet, but Vice President and co-founder Neil Milburn tells us the tiny rocket company has other ambitious goals. Emily Lakdawalla...  more »

MARTIAN ICE IS EVERYWHERE...ALMOST
December 8, 2008
Guests: Jack Holt
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The new discovery of huge glaciers far from the Martian poles is reviewed by lead author Jack Holt of the University of Texas, Austin. Bill Nye says that, even with a two-year delay, the Mars...  more »

AN ENORMOUS NEW EYE ON THE UNIVERSE
December 1, 2008
Guests: Richard Ellis
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Astronomer Richard Ellis looks forward to the Thirty Meter Telescope.  more »

GOING TO THE MOON WITH INDIA!
November 24, 2008
Guests: Carle Pieters
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Planetary scientist Carle Pieters is Principal Investigator for the Moon Mineralogy Mapper, now circling the moon on India's first spacecraft to venture beyond low Earth orbit. Bill Nye the Planetary...  more »

LOU FRIEDMAN ON THE ROADMAP TO SPACE
November 17, 2008
Guests: Louis Friedman
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Planetary Society Exec. Director Lou Friedman on the new plan for human exploration of space.  more »