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50 YEARS OF SPACE SPINOFFS
August 3, 2009
Guests: Daniel Lockney
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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 »

NEW LIFE FOR HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE, NEW LEADER FOR NASA
May 25, 2009
Guests: Louis Friedman
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President Barack Obama has nominated former astronaut Charles Bolden as NASA's new Administrator. Planetary Society Executive Director Lou Friedman shares his thoughts about Bolden, NASA's...  more »

SPACE DEBRIS CAN RUIN YOUR DAY
March 2, 2009
Guests: Bill Ailor
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The recent collision of two satellites brought the increasing threat of space debris into the headlines. Mat talks with Bill Ailor, Director of the Aerospace Corporation's Center for Orbital and...  more »

REPORT ON THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION
December 22, 2008
Guests: Emily Lakdawalla
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Our own Emily Lakdawalla reports on her visit to the AGU, where she heard the latest news about Mars, two moons of Saturn and our own Moon. Bill Nye is inspired by a couple of house-shaking sonic...  more »

LOU FRIEDMAN ON THE ROADMAP TO SPACE
November 17, 2008
Guests: Louis Friedman
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Planetary Society Exec. Director Lou Friedman on the new plan for human exploration of space.  more »

FUTURE AMERICAN SPACE POLICY, PART 1: PRESIDENT-ELECT BARACK OBAMA'S PLAN
November 10, 2008
Guests: Tim Bailey
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With a new American administration about to take over, we'll spend two weeks looking at where space policy in the USA may go. Space activist and Obamanaut Tim Bailey has been examining Barack...  more »

PUBLIC OUTREACH AND AMATEURS IN SPACE!
September 29, 2008
Guests: Doug Ellison
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A growing legion of amateur space scientists and others is helping to get the word out about missions throughout the solar system. Some of them are even delivering valuable new science from mission...  more »

ANN DRUYAN ON NEW HONORS FOR CARL SAGAN
September 22, 2008
Guests: Ann Druyan
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Longtime partner Ann Druyan is proud of NASA's new Carl Sagan Fellowships. Bill Nye has a tribute for his old professor.  more »

NORTHROP GRUMMAN SPACE TECHNOLOGY PRESIDENT ALEXIS LIVANOS
September 8, 2008
Guests: Alexis Livanos
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Engineer, scientist, and executive Livanos talks about his company's fifty years of support for space science, the status of the James Webb Space Telescope, and his passionate concern about climate...  more »

MORE FROM JPL'S LINDA AND TOM SPILKER
February 25, 2008
Guests: Linda Spilker, Tom Spilker
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The couple that explores space together continues their conversation with host Mat Kaplan. Linda and Tom are part of a team that has proposed the first mission to Neptune since Voyager. They also...  more »