Program Archives

LOU FRIEDMAN ON THE ROADMAP TO SPACE
November 17, 2008
Guests: Louis Friedman
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Planetary Society Exec. Director Lou Friedman on the new plan for human exploration of space.  more »

FUTURE AMERICAN SPACE POLICY, PART 1: PRESIDENT-ELECT BARACK OBAMA'S PLAN
November 10, 2008
Guests: Tim Bailey
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With a new American administration about to take over, we'll spend two weeks looking at where space policy in the USA may go. Space activist and Obamanaut Tim Bailey has been examining Barack...  more »

THE JOURNEY TO PALOMAR -- A NEW DOCUMENTARY
November 3, 2008
Guests: Robin Mason, Todd Mason
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We journey to the Palomar Observatory to visit with filmmakers Robin and Todd Mason who have created a great new public television documentary about George Ellery Hale, builder of what were the...  more »

ANDREW CHAIKIN'S PASSION FOR MARS
October 27, 2008
Guests: Andrew Chaikin
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The author of "A Man on the Moon" has just written "A Passion for Mars: Intrepid Explorers of the Red Planet." He talks about this inspiring new work from his Vermont home. Is the Cassini mission to...  more »

MESSENGER SAILS BY MERCURY FOR A SECOND FLYBY
October 20, 2008
Guests: Sean Solomon
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MESSENGER Principal Investigator Sean Solomon returns with an exclusive report on the spacecraft's very successful second flyby of Mercury. Bill Nye has news about a distinguished new President for...  more »

CASSINI AT SATURN: AN UPDATE FROM LINDA SPILKER
October 13, 2008
Guests: Linda Spilker
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The Deputy Project Scientist for the Cassini Mission provides another report on the exciting discoveries being made in the Saturnian system. Bill Nye the Science Guy looks for leadership from NASA. ...  more »

WHERE TO LOOK FOR LIFE ON MARS
October 6, 2008
Guests: Roger Buick
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University of Washington Professor Roger Buick has good advice about where a new rover should look for life on the Red Planet. He also looks for the origin of life on this planet. A double helping...  more »

PUBLIC OUTREACH AND AMATEURS IN SPACE!
September 29, 2008
Guests: Doug Ellison
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A growing legion of amateur space scientists and others is helping to get the word out about missions throughout the solar system. Some of them are even delivering valuable new science from mission...  more »

ANN DRUYAN ON NEW HONORS FOR CARL SAGAN
September 22, 2008
Guests: Ann Druyan
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Longtime partner Ann Druyan is proud of NASA's new Carl Sagan Fellowships. Bill Nye has a tribute for his old professor.  more »

ASTROPULSE: A NEW WAY FOR ET TO PHONE HOME
September 15, 2008
Guests: Dan Werthimer
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SETI@home Chief Scientist Dan Werthimer returns to tell us about a new search now underway on many of SETI@home's one million computers. Astropulse is looking for signals that may reach us as quick,...  more »