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Planetary Radio

A Salute to the Mars Global Surveyor With Phil Christensen

Airdate: Monday, December 4, 2006
Running Time: 00:28:52
Listen: Windows Media | MP3

Mars Global Surveyor is gone but not forgotten. Principal Investigator Phil Christensen examines the stunning legacy of a ten-year mission that mapped all of the Red Planet and found evidence of past surface water. First American woman in space Sally Ride returns to tell how to terraform Mars, while Bruce Betts and Mat Kaplan announce the winners of the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter acronym contest and announce a new space trivia question during What's Up! All this and space headlines.

Guests

• Phil Christensen, TES and THEMIS Principal Investigator

Related Information

• Mars Global Surveyor website
• Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter
• Phil Christensen's website