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Since 2002, Planetary Radio has visited with a scientist, engineer, project manager, advocate, or writer who provides a unique perspective on the quest for knowledge about our Solar System and beyond. The full show archive is available for free.
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An Optical SETI Update From Paul Horowitz
LIFE Heads for Space Aboard Shuttle Endeavour
Life's Building Blocks Found in an Impossible
Rafael Navarro-Gonzalez and Chris McKay Say the Vikings Probably DID Discover Organics on Mars
Arsenic and Odd Life
Gregory and James Benford on Benford Beacons for SETI
Special Coverage of SETIcon
Talking With Mary Roach, Author of Packing for Mars
An update on the Optical Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence from Harvard's Paul Horowitz.
Paul Davies, Author of
The Meaning of LIFE
John Callas reports on Spirit and Opportunity, Bill Nye debates the future of humans on the Moon, and Bruce Betts looks to the Perseid meteor shower in his What's Up review of the night sky.
Bruce Banerdt provides a status report on Spirit and Opportunity. Bill Nye has something old and something new to talk about, and Bruce Betts returns from the Planetary Defense Conference in Spain with news of Near Earth Objects and other things in the night sky.
Looking for ET's Flashlight: Optical SETI
Where to Look for Life on Mars
Astropulse: A New Way for ET to Phone Home
A New Generation Looking for ET
Going South to Look for ET
Spaceward Bound: Chris McKay Leads Scientists and Teachers in the Mojave Desert
John Rummel: Protecting the Planets from Earth Invaders