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Browse Past ShowsProgram ArchivesBrowse by Subject: Exploring the Moon
FORMER JPL DIRECTOR BRUCE MURRAY ON THE PERSISTENCE AND IMPORTANCE OF WATER ICE
October 19, 2009 Guests: Bruce Betts, Bruce Murray Select Format: MP3 Windows Media In 1961, Post-Doctoral Fellow Bruce Murray proposed that water ice could persist for millions or even billions of years if cold enough. He went on to lead the Jet Propulsion Lab and co-found The... more »
LUNAR SMACKDOWN! SPECIAL LCROSS IMPACT COVERAGE
October 12, 2009 Guests: Bruce Betts, Emily Lakdawalla, Mat Kaplan Select Format: MP3 Windows Media There was no plume of lunar regolith and no confirmation of water, but the Lunar CRarter ObServing Satellite or LCROSS mission smacked into the Moon as planned early Friday morning, October... more »
WATER ON THE MOON!
October 5, 2009 Guests: Jessica Sunshine Select Format: MP3 Windows Media University of Maryland Senior Research Scientist Jessica Sunshine was part of the recent discovery of water on Earth's Moon. Bill Nye the Science and Planetary Guy says Viking 2 came ever... more »
RAY BRADBURY LOOKS BACK AT APOLLO 11
July 20, 2009 Guests: Ray Bradbury Select Format: MP3 Windows Media The beloved author, poet, dramatist, and visionary Ray Bradbury revisits Planetary Radio to share his memories of the first Moon landing forty years ago this week. Ray also talks about Mars and... more »
ANDREW CHAIKIN AND VOICES FROM THE MOON
July 13, 2009 Guests: Andrew Chaikin Select Format: MP3 Windows Media We begin our celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing with author and space exploration advocate Andrew Chaikin. Andy talks about his great new book, Voices From The... more »
LUNAR RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER PROJECT SCIENTIST RICHARD VONDRAK
June 30, 2009 Guests: Richard Vondrak Select Format: MP3 Windows Media LRO is now circling the Moon, along with sister mission LCROSS and India's Chandrayaan 1. Richard Vondrak looks forward to the arrival of spectacular data and images that will help pick a landing... more »
DOING SCIENCE ON THE MOON: THE LUNAR SCIENCE INSTITUTE
February 2, 2009 Guests: David Morrison Select Format: MP3 Windows Media David Morrison, Interim Director of the Lunar Science Institute, returns to describe the seven US partners recently chosen for work on and from the moon. David also describes his online "Ask an... more »
ANDREW CHAIKIN ON THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF APOLLO 8
December 29, 2008 Guests: Andrew Chaikin Select Format: MP3 Windows Media The author of "A Man on the Moon" and "A Passion for Mars" shares his thoughts about the first human mission beyond Earth and how the iconic Earthrise image challenges us to explore. Bill Nye says... more »
REPORT ON THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION
December 22, 2008 Guests: Emily Lakdawalla Select Format: MP3 Windows Media 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 »
GOING TO THE MOON WITH INDIA!
November 24, 2008 Guests: Carle Pieters Select Format: MP3 Windows Media Planetary scientist Carle Pieters is Principal Investigator for the Moon Mineralogy Mapper, now circling the moon on India's first spacecraft to venture beyond low Earth orbit. Bill Nye the Planetary... more » |
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