Planetary Radio • Dec 07, 2009
A MESSENGER Mercury Mission Update From Sean Solomon
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Sean Solomon
Principal Investigator for MESSENGER for Columbia University
The principal investigator for the first spacecraft that will orbit Mercury returns with a mission update. Emily Lakdawalla begins her new series of planetary science news conversations with Mat Kaplan. Bill Nye has news of plans for a human mission to an asteroid. Bruce Betts celebrates December with a new What's Up space trivia contest.