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Planetary Radio

Ray Bradbury Turns 90 and The Best Mars Map Ever

Airdate: Monday, August 30, 2010
Running Time: 00:28:52
Listen: Windows Media | MP3

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 geeky best in the Planetary Society blog. Bill Nye splashes down with the SpaceX Dragon capsule. Your chance to win a copy of Mary Roach's "Packing for Mars" in the new What's Up? trivia contest.

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Guests

• Ray Bradbury, Author
• Phil Christensen, TES and THEMIS Principal Investigator

Related Information

• ASU Mars Space Flight Facility JMars Map Site
• Be A Martian" Mapping Site
• Bringing MOLA Altimetry Tracks Into Google Mars
• Emily's Google Space Calendar
• Maps of All Mars Images