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FORMER SOVIET SPACE PROGRAM DIRECTOR ROALD SAGDEEV ON THE SPUTNIK 1 ANNIVERSARY
October 4, 2004
Guests: Roald Sagdeev
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It was the mission that began the Space Age. Sputnik 1 shocked the world when it went into orbit on October 4, 1957. We talk with Dr. Roald Sagdeev, former Director of the Soviet Space Research...  more »

IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF CARL SAGAN: NEIL TYSON OF THE HAYDEN PLANETARIUM
August 23, 2004
Guests: Neil deGrasse Tyson
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Neil deGrasse Tyson, Director of the Hayden Planetarium in New York, talks about his work and his upcoming Origins television series on PBS. Emily Lakdawalla settles the question of densest planet,...  more »

A VISIT WITH NASA ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR ED WEILER
July 12, 2004
Guests: Edward Weiler
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Dr. Weiler spent a few minutes with Planetary Radio during his recent visit to JPL for the arrival at Saturn of the Cassini spacecraft. Hear his view of the "transformation" planned for NASA. Emily...  more »

CHARLEY KOHLHASE: ENGINEER, ARTIST, CASSINI MISSION DESIGNER
May 3, 2004
Guests: Charley Kohlhase
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Charley Kohlhase has gone eleven for eleven in a JPL career stretching over four decades. That's eleven successful missions, including Voyager 1 and 2. With Cassini-Huygens nearly at Saturn, we enjoy...  more »

COLUMBIA'S AFTERMATH: "BUTTERFLY ON A BULLET"
December 29, 2003
Guests: Robert Lee Hotz
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Special guest Robert Lee Hotz talks about his remarkable six-part series just published in the Los Angeles Times. In it, he traces the Columbia investigation, revealing what has been learned as we...  more »

THE PLANETARY SOCIETY GOES TO WASHINGTON
October 27, 2003
Guests: Bruce Murray, Wes Huntress, Louis Friedman
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On October 16, the Planetary Society's President Wes Huntress and its Board Chairman Bruce Murray testified before the House Committee on Science in Washington on the future of space flight. Hear...  more »

FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE: A SOLAR SAIL UPDATE
July 21, 2003
Guests: Louis Friedman
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Cosmos One project director Louis Friedman calls from Russia, where he is checking progress on the world's first solar sail. He also announces the sail's participation in New York City's Centennial...  more »

AN ENCORE FOR SIR ARTHUR AND ANOTHER NEW EXTRASOLAR PLANET
July 7, 2003
Guests: Arthur C. Clarke
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We replay our fascinating talk with Arthur C. Clarke for our worldwide radio listeners on KUCI, but everything else is new, including the trivia contest question, and word of yet another planet...  more »

LOOKING BACK: JURRIE VAN DER WOUDE'S 37 YEARS AT JPL
April 28, 2003
Guests: Jurrie van der Woude
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Forty years of robotic lunar and planetary exploration at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory has been plenty of time to generate great stories. Recently retired Public Information Officer Jurrie van der...  more »

DEEP SPACE 1 / ET PHONES HOME!
April 7, 2003
Guests: Marc Rayman
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Deep Space 1 has just won an award. Project manager Marc Rayman talks about the ion-engine powered spacecraft that visited Comet Borrelly. Emily looks forward to TV from Mars. SETI@home's Dan...  more »