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NEW MODEL FOR THE SEAS OF MARS
November 15, 2010
Guests: Alexis Rodriguez
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Research Scientist Alexis Rodriguez and his colleagues at the Planetary Science Institute have put forward a new model for the ancient formation of lakes and seas on the Red Planet. If their...  more »

RAY BRADBURY TURNS 90 AND THE BEST MARS MAP EVER
August 30, 2010
Guests: Ray Bradbury, Phil Christensen
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Ray Bradbury's hometown of Los Angeles celebrates his birthday at city hall, while Phil Christensen's THEMIS team has created Earth's most accurate map of Mars. Emily Lakdawalla is at her space...  more »

PHOENIX IS DEAD...LONG LIVE PHOENIX!
May 31, 2010
Guests: Peter Smith
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Phoenix Mars Lander Principal Investigator Peter Smith returns to comment on confirmation of the death of his polar lander. Data from the successful mission is still being analyzed by scientists...  more »

IT'S MARS ROVER OPPORTUNITY, ONLY SMARTER
April 12, 2010
Guests: Daniel Gaines
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JPL engineer Daniel Gaines helped develop new software that has enabled Opportunity to autonomously select objects for close-up imaging as she races across Mars. Emily Lakdawalla is thrilled by...  more »

YOUR PERSONAL PHOTOSHOOT ON MARS?
March 15, 2010
Guests: Alfred McEwen
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HiRISE Principal Investigator Alfred McEwen returns with a report on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's super sharp camera and the new HiWish program that lets anyone suggest sites on the Red Planet for...  more »

MARS ROVER PROJECT MANAGER JOHN CALLAS
February 1, 2010
Guests: John Callas
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John Callas returns to tell us why, after six years, an end to Spirit's roving does not mean the end of her work on the red planet. Emily Lakdawalla looks to the other side of Mars where Opportunity...  more »

THE CAVES OF MARS AND THE GEYSERS OF ENCELADUS
November 23, 2009
Guests: Emily Lakdawalla, Glen Cushing
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Emily Lakdawalla tells us about the amazing images of Enceladus just taken by the Cassini spacecraft. You have to see them to believe them. Then Glen Cushing of the US Geological Survey talks about...  more »

IS THIS HOW TO LAND PEOPLE ON MARS?
September 28, 2009
Guests: Beth Wusk, Neil Cheatwood, Steve Hughes
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The Inflatable Re-entry Vehicle Experiment or IRVE was a success! It might have put us on the path to landing much bigger spacecraft on the Red Planet. We talk with Project Manager Mary Beth Wusk,...  more »

ROBERT ZUBRIN SAYS "MARS NOW!"
September 21, 2009
Guests: Robert Zubrin
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The President of the Mars Society and author of "The Case For Mars" says we should have humans on the red planet by the end of the second Obama Administration. You'll hear what he...  more »

ROBERT ZUBRIN, 22ND CENTURY MARTIAN
September 14, 2009
Guests: Robert Zubrin
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Planetary Radio opens a spacetime rift enabling us to talk with Robert Zubrin. Not the Robert Zubrin of our own time who heads the Mars Society, but the one who lives in the 22nd century and has...  more »