Space Policy Edition: A Trillion-Dollar Space Economy?
Dr. Bhavya Lal joins the show to discuss the size of the space economy, where it's going, and how the term itself can mean many different things to many different people. In a world filled with breath...
3 Heinä 20201h 4min
Jim Bell Sends New Eyes to Mars
Mastcam-Z is the main camera system that will soon leave for Mars as part of the Perseverance rover. Mastcam-Z Principal Investigator Jim Bell is back to tell us about what the most powerful set of ey...
1 Heinä 202053min
China on the Final Frontier
Low Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars, even Neptune and the edge of the solar system--China’s ambitious plans for space exploration and development are laid out by Planetary Society contributing editor and ...
24 Kesä 202051min
LightSail 2: A Year of Solar Sailing
The LightSail 2 team and 50,000 supporters around the world will celebrate the little spacecraft’s first anniversary on orbit in a few days. Planetary Society Chief Operating Officer Jennifer Vaughn r...
17 Kesä 202051min
Staying Alive in Space
Keeping humans alive and well in space is hard enough. How will this be accomplished on a 3-year journey to Mars and back? Paragon President and CEO Grant Anderson shares the great progress we’ve made...
10 Kesä 202057min
Space Policy Edition: NASA’s Gamble Pays Off
SpaceX's Crew Dragon safely carried 2 astronauts to the ISS, nearly a decade after NASA made a huge bet on commercial partnerships to solve a problem of access to the space station. Casey and Mat expl...
5 Kesä 20201h 17min
Crew Dragon Thrills While Mars Chills
This episode opens with a special message about The Planetary Society’s response to recent news, followed by a period of silence that marks the unjust loss of George Floyd and other black men and wome...
3 Kesä 202048min
Celebrating 30 Years of Hubble with Astronaut John Grunsfeld
Former astronaut and NASA Associate Administrator John Grunsfeld is often called the Hubble Repairman. He made three space shuttle trips to the space telescope to repair and upgrade it. Now he looks b...
27 Touko 20201h 1min
