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Planetary Radio

Getting Ready for Titan with Chris McKay

Airdate: Sunday, October 24, 2004
Running Time: 00:28:50
Listen: Windows Media | MP3

Famed planetary scientist Chris McKay returns to Planetary Radio, this time to talk about both a close encounter between Cassini and Saturn's moon Titan, and the January descent of the Huygens probe into Titan's atmosphere. Emily Lakdawalla knows meteorites from meteor wrongs, and Bruce Betts returns for a new What's Up! space trivia contest.

Guests

• Chris McKay, Famed planetary scientist

Related Information

• Brief NASA biography for Chris McKay
• Christopher McKay – astrobiologist
• Explore the Saturn System with Cassini-Huygens
• NASA-JPL Cassini-Huygens Website