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GOING BEHIND THE SCENES WITH LIGHTSAIL 1
June 28, 2010 Guests: Louis Friedman, Bill Nye Select Format: MP3 Windows Media
Drop in on the Critical Design Review for the Planetary Society's solar sail, with Bill Nye, Lou Friedman and many other participants. Bruce Betts and Mat Kaplan take you to the Crab Nebula for
SHOEMAKER NEO GRANT RECIPIENTS PROTECTING OUR PLANET
June 14, 2010 Guests: Robert Holmes, Quanzhi Ye Select Format: MP3 Windows Media With a new round of grants now available, we talk to a couple of past recipients watching for Near Earth Objects on opposite sides of our planet. Bill Nye and Emily Lakdawalla are thrilled by... more »
FALCON 9 LAUNCH, ANOTHER JUPITER SMACKDOWN, IKAROS...AND A SURPRISE
June 7, 2010 Guests: Louis Friedman, Bill Nye Select Format: MP3 Windows Media It was a big week for space exploration, and not just because of the successful launch of the SpaceX Falcon 9. Emily Lakdawalla reports on a new Jupiter impact. ... more »
PLANETARY SOCIETY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR LOU FRIEDMAN ON SOLAR SAILS IKAROS AND LIGHTSAIL-1
May 17, 2010 Guests: Louis Friedman Select Format: MP3 Windows Media
Japanese solar sail testbed IKAROS may already be in space as you read this. Lou Friedman salutes this ambitious project and looks forward to the launch of the Planetary Society's
CONFERENCE ON THE FUTURE OF THE AMERICAN SPACE PROGRAM WITH BILL NYE
April 19, 2010 Guests: Bill Nye Select Format: MP3 Windows Media Bill Nye the Science Guy reports on last week's conference about the future of the US space program. more »
STEPHEN HAWKING ACCEPTS THE COSMOS AWARD
March 8, 2010 Guests: Stephen Hawking Select Format: MP3 Windows Media The man who is probably the world's most famous living scientist received the Planetary Society's Cosmos award last week. Listen to exclusive excerpts of Professor Hawking's acceptance... more »
LIGHTSAIL UPDATE AND HAUTE CUISINE IN SPACE
December 21, 2009 Guests: Sandy Magnus, Vickie Kloeris Select Format: MP3 Windows Media We kick off the holidays by checking in with Bill Nye on the status of the Society's LightSail solar sail project. Then we find out what will be served for Christmas dinner... more »
CELEBRATING OUR ANNIVERSARY WITH ARTHUR C. CLARKE
November 30, 2009 Guests: Arthur C. Clarke Select Format: MP3 Windows Media Planetary Radio is seven years old. We'll celebrate by looking back to our beginnings, with science fiction writer and futurist Sir Arthur C. Clarke more »
WE'RE BACK! BILL NYE DESCRIBES THE LIGHTSAIL PROJECT
November 16, 2009 Guests: Bill Nye, Emily Lakdawalla Select Format: MP3 Windows Media Come sailing with us! Bill Nye the Science and Planetary Guy satisfies your curiosity about The Planetary Society's LightSail project in a special conversation. First though, Emily Lakdawalla... more »
CELEBRATING CARL SAGAN AND A NEW SOLAR SAIL WITH ANN DRUYAN
November 9, 2009 Guests: Ann Druyan Select Format: MP3 Windows Media Solar sailing returns with LightSail, announced on the 75th anniversary of Carl Sagan's birth. more » |
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