Program Archives

YOUR PERSONAL PHOTOSHOOT ON MARS?
March 15, 2010
Guests: Alfred McEwen
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HiRISE Principal Investigator Alfred McEwen returns with a report on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's super sharp camera and the new HiWish program that lets anyone suggest sites on the Red Planet for...  more »

MARS ROVER PROJECT MANAGER JOHN CALLAS
February 1, 2010
Guests: John Callas
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John Callas returns to tell us why, after six years, an end to Spirit's roving does not mean the end of her work on the red planet. Emily Lakdawalla looks to the other side of Mars where Opportunity...  more »

THE CAVES OF MARS AND THE GEYSERS OF ENCELADUS
November 23, 2009
Guests: Emily Lakdawalla, Glen Cushing
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Emily Lakdawalla tells us about the amazing images of Enceladus just taken by the Cassini spacecraft. You have to see them to believe them. Then Glen Cushing of the US Geological Survey talks about...  more »

IS THIS HOW TO LAND PEOPLE ON MARS?
September 28, 2009
Guests: Beth Wusk, Neil Cheatwood, Steve Hughes
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The Inflatable Re-entry Vehicle Experiment or IRVE was a success! It might have put us on the path to landing much bigger spacecraft on the Red Planet. We talk with Project Manager Mary Beth Wusk,...  more »

ROBERT ZUBRIN SAYS "MARS NOW!"
September 21, 2009
Guests: Robert Zubrin
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The President of the Mars Society and author of "The Case For Mars" says we should have humans on the red planet by the end of the second Obama Administration. You'll hear what he...  more »

ROBERT ZUBRIN, 22ND CENTURY MARTIAN
September 14, 2009
Guests: Robert Zubrin
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Planetary Radio opens a spacetime rift enabling us to talk with Robert Zubrin. Not the Robert Zubrin of our own time who heads the Mars Society, but the one who lives in the 22nd century and has...  more »

MARS EXPLORATION ROVER PROJECT MANAGER JOHN CALLAS
July 27, 2009
Guests: John Callas
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Spirit is stuck in the sands of Mars. Opportunity is racing toward Endeavour Crater. Their boss, John Callas, reports on both rovers that have made the red planet their home for more than five...  more »

PHIL CHRISTENSEN WANTS YOUR HELP IMAGING MARS
June 22, 2009
Guests: Phil Christensen
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You can now help choose places on Mars for imaging by the Mars Odyssey orbiter's THEMIS camera. Principal Investigator Phil Christensen explains how. Bill Nye celebrates ten years of SETI@Home....  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 »

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 »