Program Archives

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 »

ANN DRUYAN ON NEW HONORS FOR CARL SAGAN
September 22, 2008
Guests: Ann Druyan
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Longtime partner Ann Druyan is proud of NASA's new Carl Sagan Fellowships. Bill Nye has a tribute for his old professor.  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 »

SAVING THE PLANET: THE APOPHIS MISSION DESIGN COMPETITION
March 3, 2008
Guests: Bruce Betts, Louis Friedman
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Special coverage of the conclusion of The Planetary Society's international competition to design a mission that would "tag" asteroid and near-Earth object Apophis. Bill Nye the Science Guy is...  more »

EXAMINING THE VISION FOR SPACE EXPLORATION: A WORKSHOP PREVIEW
January 28, 2008
Guests: Louis Friedman
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Planetary Society Executive Director Louis Friedman previews a gathering at Stanford University that will examine the Vision for Space Exploration offered by President George W. Bush four years ago. ...  more »

A VERY GOOD YEAR: LOOKING BACK AT 2007
December 31, 2007
Guests: Bruce Betts, Emily Lakdawalla
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Mat Kaplan is joined by Emily Lakdawalla and Bruce Betts for a review of 2007's biggest planetary science stories. Bruce sticks around for this week's edition of What's Up, including a more »

A NEW GENERATION LOOKING FOR ET
December 10, 2007
Guests: Curtis Mead
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Young scientists and engineers in training are vital contributors to many research projects, including the All-Sky Optical Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence at Harvard University. That's...  more »

STARDUST@HOME UPDATE FROM ANDREW WESTPHAL
December 3, 2007
Guests: Andrew Westphal
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Stardust@Home Director Andrew Westphal returns to Planetary Radio as the project prepares to extract the first bits of interstellar matter found by 23,000 trained volunteers. Emily Lakdawalla looks...  more »

TO PHOBOS AND BACK
November 13, 2007
Guests: Alexander Zakharov, Tom Duxbury, Bruce Betts
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Highlights of a Planetary Society seminar about the little potato-shaped moon of Mars. We'll hear from Tom Duxbury, Phobos expert at JPL, from Alexander Zakharov of the Russian Space Research...  more »