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Planetary Radio

WALL*E and the Future of Robots in Space

Airdate: Monday, July 7, 2008
Running Time: 00:28:52
Listen: Windows Media | MP3

Can lovable little WALL*E of the new Disney Pixar film help excite young people about space exploration and point the way to the future of robotics? We talk with WALL*E creator Andrew Stanton and CalTech physicist/robotocist Wolfgang Fink. Bill Nye is bursting with enthusiasm about the first observation of a supernova explosion from the beginning, and Bruce Betts conducts a tour of the night sky and gives away a WALL*E Wii game in the new space trivia contest.

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Guests

• Wolfgang Fink, CalTech physicist/robotocist
• Andrew Stanton, WALL*E Creator

Related Information

• NASA WALL*E Public Service Announcement
• Solar Sail Update
• Water in Mercury's Atmosphere
• Wolfgang Fink's Visual and Autonomous Exploration Systems Research Laboratory