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Phoenix Mars Lander Update: Taste the Water!

Airdate: Monday, August 4, 2008
Running Time: 00:28:52
Listen: Windows Media | MP3

Big announcements at a July 31st press conference, with still more to come from the Phoenix mission team. We'll hear excerpts of the briefing, and get insights from Emily Lakdawalla. Bill Nye celebrates Phoenix, and contrasts robotic and human exploration. Bruce Betts has his eye on the sky in this week's What's Up segment, featuring a new space trivia contest.

Guests

• Bill Boynton, Lead Scientist, Phoenix TEGA
• Victoria Hipkin, Lead Scientist, Phoenix MET
• Mark Lemmon, Lead Scientist, Phoenix SSI
• Michael Meyer, Chief Scientist, NASA Mars Exploration Program
• Peter Smith, Phoenix Principal Investigator

Related Information

• Emily Lakdawalla's Planetary Society blog
• LIFE Experiment Update
• Mars Exploration Rover update
• NASA Eclipse Website
• Phoenix Mars Lander