Program Archives

THE SOLAR SYSTEM COMES TO PASADENA: ANNUAL DPS MEETING
October 16, 2006
Guests: Kevin Baines, Hakan Svedhem
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Planetary Radio begins coverage of the 2006 meeting of the American Astronomical Union's Division for Planetary Sciences meeting, held last week in Pasadena, California. We feature conversations...  more »

A VOYAGER MILESTONE WITH ED STONE
August 14, 2006
Guests: Ed Stone
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Voyager 1 is farther from Earth than any other human-made object, reaching 100 Astronomical Units, or 9.3 billion miles, this week. We talk with former Jet Propulsion Laboratory Director Ed Stone,...  more »

YOU CAN SEARCH FOR STARDUST!
August 7, 2006
Guests: Andrew Westphal
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UC Berkeley's Andrew Westphal returns to celebrate the public premiere of Stardust@home, the project that will allow you to search for...  more »

JOHN RUMMEL: PROTECTING THE PLANETS FROM EARTH INVADERS
July 10, 2006
Guests: John Rummel
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John Rummel has one of the world's most impressive job titles: Planetary Protection Officer. We talk to him at his NASA HQ office about defending Earth from extraterrestrial contamination, and more...  more »

SENDING AN SOS TO CONGRESS: SAVE OUR SCIENCE!
June 5, 2006
Guests: Louis Friedman
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Planetary Society Executive Director Lou Friedman talks about the Save Our Science campaign's recent trip to Washington.  more »

RUSTY SCHWEICKART AND MORE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE
May 15, 2006
Guests: Rusty Schweickart, Elon Musk, Peter Diamandis
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More from ISDC, including Apollo astronaut Rusty Schweickart on asteroid deflection, Elon Musk of SpaceX, and X Prize Foundation's Peter Diamandis.  more »

JOIN US AT THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE
May 8, 2006
Guests: Neil deGrasse Tyson, Bill Nye, Burt Rutan
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Special coverage from the 25th annual ISDC in Los Angeles, featuring Neil deGrasse Tyson, Bill Nye the Science Guy, and Burt Rutan.  more »

NEWS FROM THE 37TH LUNAR AND PLANETARY SCIENCE CONFERENCE
March 20, 2006
Guests: Emily Lakdawalla, Scott Sandford
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Emily Lakdawalla reports on the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, while Stardust co-investigator Scott Sandford describes exciting results.  more »

HAS NASA'S VISION FOR SPACE EXPLORATION BECOME NEARSIGHTED?
February 13, 2006
Guests: Bruce Murray, Louis Friedman
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NASA announced its budget plans last week. We take a look at those plans, and get commentary from Planetary Society Executive Director Lou...  more »

LOU FRIEDMAN ON CHINA'S RISING STAR IN SPACE
December 5, 2005
Guests: Louis Friedman
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Planetary Society Executive Director Louis Friedman has just returned from China, where he got a first-hand look at that nation's growing space program. He talks about his impressions on this week's...  more »