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Planetary Radio

Looking for ET's Flashlight: Optical SETI

Airdate: Sunday, January 11, 2009
Running Time: 00:28:52
Listen: Windows Media | MP3

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 choosing a new leader for NASA. Emily Lakdawalla's Q&A is looking for the remnants of Apollo on the moon. Bruce Betts and Mat Kaplan suffer a terrible rocket accident as they explore the night sky and prepare a new space trivia contest.

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Guests

• Paul Horowitz, Harvard Astrophysicist

Related Information

• Check the Optical SETI Webcam
• Optical SETI Search
• The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter