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Press Room: Expert Sources

Looking for an Independent Voice?

The Planetary Society, an independent, non-governmental organization, is THE place to go for expert sources regarding all aspects of planetary exploration, space policy, and the search for extraterrestrial life. Our sources include not only members of our own staff but also members of our Board of Directors, who hold prominent positions within the space community.

Please contact Susan Lendroth, 626-793-5100 x237 to arrange interviews with any of the following expert sources:

Louis D. Friedman
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Louis Friedman

Executive Director, The Planetary Society

Topics include planetary exploration, solar sailing, SETI, NASA, space shuttle, space station, future of space exploration, human missions, robotic space exploration, Mars, politics of space program, involving the public in space exploration, Planetary Society projects, exoplanets, near Earth Objects (asteroids, comets).

Bruce Murray
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Bruce Murray

Co-founder, The Planetary Society

Professor of Planetary Science and Geology, California Institute of Technology Topics include international cooperation in space, human and robotic spaceflight, Mars, and the history of The Planetary Society.

Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Neil deGrasse Tyson

Chairman of the Board, The Planetary Society
Director, Hayden Planetarium, American Museum of Natural History

Topics include the future of NASA, Pluto's planetary status, the importance of space exploration, and robotic versus human exploration of space.

Wesley T. Huntress
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Wesley T. Huntress, Jr.

President, The Planetary Society
Director, Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution
Former NASA Associate Administrator for Space Science

Expert areas include NASA space exploration programs and policy, and space science -- particularly comets, planetary atmospheres and chemical evolution in the early solar system.

Bruce Betts
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Bruce Betts

Director of Projects, The Planetary Society

Topics include planetary science, planetary exploration, involving the public in space exploration, Planetary Society projects, Mars, exoplanets, near Earth Objects (asteroids, comets), NASA, SETI, space shuttle, space station, future of space exploration, human missions, robotic space exploration, solar sailing.

Emily Stewart Lakdawalla
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Emily Lakdawalla

Science and Technology Coordinator, The Planetary Society

Topics include robotic solar system exploration, planetary science, Planetary Society projects, Red Rover Goes to Mars, Mars Stations.