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THE MEANING OF LIFE
August 24, 2009
Guests: Bruce Betts
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LIFE is the Planetary Society's Living Interplanetary Flight Experiment. Our own Bruce Betts is the Experiment Manager. He tells us about this attempt to send living organisms to Mars' moon...  more »

AMATEUR ASTRONOMERS AVOIDING ARMAGEDDON: NEW SHOEMAKER NEO GRANT AWARDEES
April 27, 2009
Guests: Dan Durda, Robert Holmes
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Shoemaker NEO Grant awardees get help with their search for and tracking of Near Earth Objects--asteroids that endanger...  more »

EXOPLANET FINDER DEBRA FISCHER
March 23, 2009
Guests: Debra Fischer
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More than 300 planets have been discovered circling other stars, but when will we find an Earth-sized one? Astronomer Debra Fischer describes 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 »

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 »