Planetary Radio • Dec 13, 2017

President Trump Sets Course for the Moon

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Casey Dreier

Chief of Space Policy for The Planetary Society

On December 11th President Donald Trump signed a memorandum that firmly points the US space effort toward the Moon, but without providing many details. Planetary Society Director of Space Policy Casey Dreier fills in some of the gaps left by this executive directive. Poor Venus! Digital Editor Jason Davis explains why the cloud-shrouded furnace planet has been ignored by NASA for many years. Cowabunga! Bruce Betts and Mat Kaplan head for the warm beaches of Southern California for an on location edition of What’s Up.

Space Policy Directive 1
Space Policy Directive 1 Representatives of Congress and the National Space Council, along with several astronauts, joined President Donald J. Trump, for the president’s signing of Space Policy Directive 1.Image: NASA / Aubrey Gemignani
This week's What's Up: Coronado Beach Edition
This week's What's Up: Coronado Beach Edition Image: Bruce Betts
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“Cometroid” (not at all an official IAU classification) 3200 Phaeton is responsible for the annual Geminids meteor shower. Who was the mythical Phaeton’s father?

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How many spacecraft have either flown by or orbited Jupiter?

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