Program Archives

REPORT ON THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION
December 22, 2008
Guests: Emily Lakdawalla
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Our own Emily Lakdawalla reports on her visit to the AGU, where she heard the latest news about Mars, two moons of Saturn and our own Moon. Bill Nye is inspired by a couple of house-shaking sonic...  more »

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 »

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 »

NORTHROP GRUMMAN SPACE TECHNOLOGY PRESIDENT ALEXIS LIVANOS
September 8, 2008
Guests: Alexis Livanos
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Engineer, scientist, and executive Livanos talks about his company's fifty years of support for space science, the status of the James Webb Space Telescope, and his passionate concern about climate...  more »

MORE FROM JPL'S LINDA AND TOM SPILKER
February 25, 2008
Guests: Linda Spilker, Tom Spilker
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The couple that explores space together continues their conversation with host Mat Kaplan. Linda and Tom are part of a team that has proposed the first mission to Neptune since Voyager. They also...  more »

A CASSINI AT SATURN PROGRESS REPORT WITH LINDA AND TOM SPILKER
February 18, 2008
Guests: Linda Spilker, Tom Spilker
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Cassini Deputy Project Scientist Linda Spilker rejoins us for another update on the incredibly successful Cassini-Huygens mission, but this time she is joined by her husband and colleague Tom...  more »

A VERY GOOD YEAR: LOOKING BACK AT 2007
December 31, 2007
Guests: Bruce Betts, Emily Lakdawalla
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Mat Kaplan is joined by Emily Lakdawalla and Bruce Betts for a review of 2007's biggest planetary science stories. Bruce sticks around for this week's edition of What's Up, including a more »

OBSERVING EARTH: ANNMARIE ELDERING'S EYE ON OUR ATMOSPHERE
December 17, 2007
Guests: Annmarie Eldering
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JPL atmospheric scientist Annmarie Eldering is Deputy Principal Investigator for the Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) on the Earth observing satellite called Aura. She'll tell us how it is...  more »