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Browse Past ShowsProgram ArchivesBrowse by Subject: The Planetary Society
WE'RE BACK! BILL NYE DESCRIBES THE LIGHTSAIL PROJECT
November 16, 2009 Guests: Bill Nye, Emily Lakdawalla Select Format: MP3 Windows Media Come sailing with us! Bill Nye the Science and Planetary Guy satisfies your curiosity about The Planetary Society's LightSail project in a special conversation. First though, Emily Lakdawalla... more »
CELEBRATING CARL SAGAN AND A NEW SOLAR SAIL WITH ANN DRUYAN
November 9, 2009 Guests: Ann Druyan Select Format: MP3 Windows Media Solar sailing returns with LightSail, announced on the 75th anniversary of Carl Sagan's birth. 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 »
AMATEUR ASTRONOMERS AVOIDING ARMAGEDDON: NEW SHOEMAKER NEO GRANT AWARDEES
April 27, 2009 Guests: Dan Durda, Robert Holmes Select Format: MP3 Windows Media Shoemaker NEO Grant awardees get help with their search for and tracking of Near Earth Objects--asteroids that endanger... more »
EXOPLANET FINDER DEBRA FISCHER
March 23, 2009 Guests: Debra Fischer Select Format: MP3 Windows Media
More than 300 planets have been discovered circling other stars, but when will we find an Earth-sized one? Astronomer Debra Fischer describes
LOOKING FOR ET'S FLASHLIGHT: OPTICAL SETI
January 12, 2009 Guests: Paul Horowitz Select Format: MP3 Windows Media Harvard's Paul Horowitz returns with a status report on the All-Sky Optical Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, looking for the laser flash that will tell us we are not alone. Bill Nye on... more »
LOU FRIEDMAN ON THE ROADMAP TO SPACE
November 17, 2008 Guests: Louis Friedman Select Format: MP3 Windows Media Planetary Society Exec. Director Lou Friedman on the new plan for human exploration of space. more »
ANN DRUYAN ON NEW HONORS FOR CARL SAGAN
September 22, 2008 Guests: Ann Druyan Select Format: MP3 Windows Media Longtime partner Ann Druyan is proud of NASA's new Carl Sagan Fellowships. Bill Nye has a tribute for his old professor. more »
PHOENIX ON ICE: ONE WEEK IN THE MARTIAN ARCTIC CIRCLE
June 2, 2008 Guests: Peter Smith, Emily Lakdawalla, Bill Nye, Mike Griffin Select Format: MP3 Windows Media We continue special coverage of the Phoenix mission with an update from Emily Lakdawalla, and excerpts from the Planetary Society's Planetfest celebration during the May 25 landing, featuring Bill... more »
SEVEN MINUTES OF TERROR AND TRIUMPH: PHOENIX LANDS ON MARS
May 26, 2008 Guests: Peter Smith Select Format: MP3 Windows Media Special coverage of the Phoenix mission continues following the thrilling touchdown of the spacecraft in the Arctic Circle of Mars. You'll hear exclusive conversations with Principal Investigator... more » |
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