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ALAN STERN'S BIGGEST PLANETARY SCIENCE MYSTERIES
June 8, 2009
Guests: Alan Stern
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Planetary scientist and New Horizons Principal Investigator Alan Stern recently came up with his list of the biggest unanswered questions in planetary science. He reviews most of them on this...  more »

CHRIS MCKAY ON THE PHOENIX MISSION'S BIG SURPRISE
June 1, 2009
Guests: Chris McKay
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NASA Planetary Scientist Chris McKay is a Co-Investigator on the Phoenix Mars Polar Lander Mission. He returns to Planetary Radio on the first anniversary of the landing to talk about the...  more »

NEW LIFE FOR HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE, NEW LEADER FOR NASA
May 25, 2009
Guests: Louis Friedman
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President Barack Obama has nominated former astronaut Charles Bolden as NASA's new Administrator. Planetary Society Executive Director Lou Friedman shares his thoughts about Bolden, NASA's...  more »

OLDEST BANG SINCE THE BIG BANG!
May 18, 2009
Guests: Neil Gehrels
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Neil Gehrels, Principal Investigator for the Swift Mission, returns to tell us about the most distant event ever observed, a Gamma Ray Burst more than 13 billion light years away. Bill Nye reports...  more »

KEPLER BEGINS SEARCH FOR OTHER EARTHS
May 11, 2009
Guests: William Borucki
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Will this new probe find Earth-sized planets in the so-called "habitable zone?" We talk with William Borucki, Science Principal Investigator for the mission. Bill Nye is keeping an eye on this...  more »

A MARS EXPLORATION ROVER UPDATE WITH PROJECT SCIENTIST BRUCE BANERDT
May 4, 2009
Guests: Bruce Banerdt
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Spirit and Opportunity continue their treks across the Red Planet more than five years after their arrival. Bruce Banerdt provides a status report. Bill Nye has something old and something new to...  more »

AMATEUR ASTRONOMERS AVOIDING ARMAGEDDON: NEW SHOEMAKER NEO GRANT AWARDEES
April 27, 2009
Guests: Dan Durda, Robert Holmes
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Shoemaker NEO Grant awardees get help with their search for and tracking of Near Earth Objects--asteroids that endanger...  more »

SPACE STINKS! ASTRONAUT AND AUTHOR TOM JONES
April 20, 2009
Guests: Tom Jones
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Does space have an odor? We'll ask Planetary Society Adviser Tom Jones, author of "Planetology" and "Sky Walking: An Astronaut's Memoir." Going back to Bill Nye the Science Guy's first...  more »

A CASSINI SATURN UPDATE FROM LINDA SPILKER
April 13, 2009
Guests: Linda Spilker
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The wonders continue in the Saturnian system, revealed by the Cassini spacecraft that is nearing its fifth anniversary in orbit. Deputy Project Scientist Linda Spilker provides another of her regular...  more »

HAVE SPACESUIT, WILL TRAVEL
April 6, 2009
Guests: Mark Gittelman
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Oceaneering Space Systems just got the preliminary contract for development of a new NASA spacesuit. We talk with Vice President and General Manager Mark Gittelman. Bill Nye salutes 100 Hours of...  more »