PLANETARY RADIO LIVE: LADEE Launches for Luna

Planetary Radio returned to the Crawford Family Forum for live coverage of the LADEE launch on September 6^th.  With a capacity in person crowd and many more watching our webcast, Mat Kaplan was joined on stage by planetary scientists Bruce Betts and David Paige. We got a live report from the LADEE mission’s Brian Day at the Wallops Flight Facility launch site in Virginia, and a surprise phone call from Science Guy and Dancing With the Stars contestant Bill Nye!

Related Links

• Planetary Radio Live Webcast-LADEE Launch
• BLOG: LADEE Prelaunch Facts
• LADEE Website
• Bill Nye on Dancing With The Stars

Trivia Contest

This week's prize is the NEW and stylish Planetary Radio T-shirt! 

This week's question:
Give us an analogy for the surface area of the moon!  Amuse or enlighten us.  Example: X football fields.

To submit your answer:
Complete the contest entry form at http:planetary.org/radiocontest or write to us at [email protected] no later than Monday, September 9th, at 2pm Pacific Time.  Be sure to include your name, mailing address and shirt size.

Last week's question:
What is Dr. Bruce Murray's middle name?

Answer:
The answer will be revealed next week.

Question from the week before:
Who was the first person to Tweet from space?

Answer:
Mike Massimino Tweeted in 2009, though it was an "indirect" Tweet