Program Archives

CHINA JOINS THE SPACEFARING NATIONS CLUB
October 20, 2003
Guests: James Oberg
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Move over, astronauts and cosmonauts--the taikonauts are here! International space program expert James Oberg tells us how the Chinese became the third nation to put a human into orbit with his...  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 »

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 »