Planetary Radio • Sep 09, 2013
PLANETARY RADIO LIVE: LADEE Launches for Luna
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Bruce Betts
Chief Scientist / LightSail Program Manager for The Planetary Society
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Brian Day
LADEE Education and Public Outreach Lead for Ames Research Center
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Bill Nye
Chief Executive Officer for The Planetary Society
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David Paige
Professor of Planetary Sciences for UCLA
Planetary Radio returned to the Crawford Family Forum for live coverage of the LADEE launch on September 6th. With a capacity in person crowd and many more watching our webcast, Mat Kaplan was joined on stage by planetary scientists Bruce Betts and David Paige. We got a live report from the LADEE mission’s Brian Day at the Wallops Flight Facility launch site in Virginia, and a surprise phone call from Science Guy and Dancing With the Stars contestant Bill Nye!
Related Links
- Planetary Radio Live Webcast-LADEE Launch
- BLOG: LADEE Prelaunch Facts
- LADEE Website
- Bill Nye on Dancing With The Stars
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Who was the first person to Tweet from space?
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