Space Policy Edition: SpaceX's Early, Desperate Days (with Eric Berger)
The SpaceX of today reuses rockets and launches people into space. But 15 years ago, the future of the company was in doubt as its Falcon 1 rocket repeatedly failed to reach orbit. Eric Berger, Senior...
5 Mar 20211h 1min
Spinoffs: How NASA Technologies Benefit Life on Earth
Cleaning up water pollution, inventing inexpensive ventilators for hospitals, turning waste plastic into sidewalks, and making baby formula more nutritious—these and thousands of other innovations hav...
3 Mar 202151min
Touchdown! The Sights and Sounds of Perseverance on Mars
The Mars 2020 rover is on Mars. We have collected the most thrilling moments from the landing and the revelations that followed, including the first sounds recorded on the Red Planet. Bill Nye congrat...
24 Feb 202152min
Planetfest ’21: To Mars and Back Again
The Planetary Society’s Planetfest ’21 celebrated Mars and the newest visitors to the Red Planet. Mat Kaplan shares some of his Planetfest conversation with Andy Weir, author of The Martian. We also ...
17 Feb 202143min
The Big Book of Mars: Our Obsession with the Red Planet
Mars has commanded our attention and stimulated our imaginations for millenia. Now, as 3 more spacecraft arrive, we talk with author Marc Hartzman about his new book that documents the fascination and...
10 Feb 20211h 1min
Space Policy Edition: The Big Picture on U.S. Science Funding
Matt Hourihan is perhaps the world's most knowledgeable expert in how the U.S. government funds basic science and development activities. He joins the show to talk about the big picture of where the m...
5 Feb 20211h 18min
A Cosmic Odyssey: Decades of Discovery at the Palomar Observatory
Astronomer Linda Schweizer spent countless hours interviewing the explorers who revolutionized astronomy through observations made at California’s Palomar Observatory. She tells their fascinating stor...
3 Feb 202151min
‘Oumuamua: Avi Loeb says it may have been artificial
Could the first object shown to have originated outside our solar system be a light sail built by an alien civilization? That’s the very controversial hypothesis put forward by distinguished Harvard a...
27 Jan 202155min
