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MOUNT WILSON AFTER THE FIRE
September 7, 2009 Guests: Hal McAlister Select Format: MP3 Windows Media Hal McAlister directs the Mt. Wilson Institute. He could barely wait for the firefighters to escort him back up the mountain so that he could assess the damage to this shrine to astronomy. He talks... more »
SATURN UPDATE FROM CASSINI DEPUTY PROJECT SCIENTIST LINDA SPILKER
August 31, 2009 Guests: Linda Spilker Select Format: MP3 Windows Media We check in with Linda Spilker two or three times a year to learn the latest from Saturn, its moons and its rings. Bill Nye has kudos for team that tested an inflatable heat shield. Emily... more »
THE MEANING OF LIFE
August 24, 2009 Guests: Bruce Betts Select Format: MP3 Windows Media LIFE is the Planetary Society's Living Interplanetary Flight Experiment. Our own Bruce Betts is the Experiment Manager. He tells us about this attempt to send living organisms to Mars' moon... more »
WE'RE ON ASTEROID WATCH WITH JPL'S DON YEOMANS
August 17, 2009 Guests: Don Yeomans Select Format: MP3 Windows Media Asteroid Watch is the new website based at the Jet Propulsion Lab. It's overseen by Don Yeomans, Manager of NASA's Near Earth Object Program Office. Don takes us on a tour of the site as we talk... more »
ASTRONOMER HEIDI HAMMEL ON THE NEW JUPITER IMPACT
August 10, 2009 Guests: Heidi Hammel Select Format: MP3 Windows Media Jupiter got another black eye on July 19. Heidi Hammel returns to tell how astronomers around the world jumped into action, even turning the newly-refurbished Hubble Space Telescope toward the big... more »
50 YEARS OF SPACE SPINOFFS
August 3, 2009 Guests: Daniel Lockney Select Format: MP3 Windows Media Space spinoff technology is all around us, saving lives, improving environmental quality and generating profits. Daniel Lockney edits NASA's annual Spinoff report that is celebrating its 50th... more »
MARS EXPLORATION ROVER PROJECT MANAGER JOHN CALLAS
July 27, 2009 Guests: John Callas Select Format: MP3 Windows Media Spirit is stuck in the sands of Mars. Opportunity is racing toward Endeavour Crater. Their boss, John Callas, reports on both rovers that have made the red planet their home for more than five... more »
RAY BRADBURY LOOKS BACK AT APOLLO 11
July 20, 2009 Guests: Ray Bradbury Select Format: MP3 Windows Media The beloved author, poet, dramatist, and visionary Ray Bradbury revisits Planetary Radio to share his memories of the first Moon landing forty years ago this week. Ray also talks about Mars and... more »
ANDREW CHAIKIN AND VOICES FROM THE MOON
July 13, 2009 Guests: Andrew Chaikin Select Format: MP3 Windows Media We begin our celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing with author and space exploration advocate Andrew Chaikin. Andy talks about his great new book, Voices From The... more »
THE END OF ULYSSES -- HOW ENGINEERS KEPT IT ALIVE SO LONG
July 6, 2009 Guests: Nigel Angold Select Format: MP3 Windows Media The European Space Agency's Nigel Angold reveals how the Ulysses spacecraft was kept alive well into 2009 to continue its exploration of the Sun. Bill Nye sees spaceports popping up all over even... more » |
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