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 »

TURNING MOONDUST INTO AIR AND WATER
May 5, 2008
Guests: Gerry Sanders
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NASA is learning how future Moon colonists will mine and refine lunar regolith, turning it into the oxygen and water they'll need to survive without constant resupply by Earth. Gerry Sanders heads...  more »

ASTRONAUT CLAY ANDERSON: STAYING IN SHAPE IN SPACE
February 4, 2008
Guests: Clay Anderson
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Five months of zero-G on the International Space Station can wreak havoc with the human body if you don't work very hard. Clay Anderson did just that. He talks about he managed on this week's show....  more »

EXAMINING THE VISION FOR SPACE EXPLORATION: A WORKSHOP PREVIEW
January 28, 2008
Guests: Louis Friedman
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Planetary Society Executive Director Louis Friedman previews a gathering at Stanford University that will examine the Vision for Space Exploration offered by President George W. Bush four years ago. ...  more »

HOMER HICKAM, THE ORIGINAL ROCKET BOY, REVISITS HIS OCTOBER SKY
October 1, 2007
Guests: Homer Hickam
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His memoir, The Rocket Boys, was turned into the wonderful 1999 film, October Sky. Homer Hickam looks back on the 50th anniversary of Sputnik One's launch. It was the dawn of the space age and it...  more »

TALKING WITH THE NEEMO AQUANAUTS
August 13, 2007
Guests: Nicholas Patrick, Richard Arnold, Satoshi Furukawa
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NEEMO stands for NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations, and the Aquarius undersea station stands sixty feet under the surface of the Atlantic Ocean off Florida. That's where we talk with the...  more »

HUMANS, ROBOTS, AND 21ST CENTURY SPACE EXPLORATION
November 27, 2006
Guests: Jeff Hoffman, Tom Jones, John Young
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Special coverage of a public forum in Houston, Texas, co-sponsored by the Association of Space Explorers, the Lunar and Planetary Institute, and The Planetary Society. Panelists include astronauts...  more »

SCIENCE VS. EXPLORATION? ROBOTS VS. HUMANS?
October 30, 2006
Guests: Buzz Aldrin, Jim Bell, Chris McKay, Louis Friedman
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The recent meeting of the American Astronomical Society's Division for Planetary Sciences also saw a public event sponsored by the Planetary Society. Hear highlights of a dramatic discussion of some...  more »

BACK TO THE ARCTIC...IN A SPACESUIT!
September 4, 2006
Guests: Jake Maule, Andrew Steele
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A satellite telephone report from Andrew Steele and Jake Maule of AMASE (Arctic Mars Analoge Svalbard Expedition). Maule wore a new design of spacesuit during much of the just-completed expedition,...  more »

RUSTY SCHWEICKART AND MORE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE
May 15, 2006
Guests: Rusty Schweickart, Elon Musk, Peter Diamandis
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More from ISDC, including Apollo astronaut Rusty Schweickart on asteroid deflection, Elon Musk of SpaceX, and X Prize Foundation's Peter Diamandis.  more »