Space Policy Edition: The motives behind NASA's billions — Jean Toal Eisen on how Congress funds the final frontier
For over a decade, Jean Toal Eisen drafted legislation directing billions of dollars to NASA as senior staff on the Senate Appropriations Committee. She joins the show to unveil the crucial roles play...
7 Apr 202357min
Two Years of Hope: Celebrating the Emirates Mars Mission
Join us as we celebrate the accomplishments of a truly inspiring space mission - the United Arab Emirates' Hope probe, which has spent two amazing years orbiting Mars! Our guest, Mohsen Al Awadhi, Dir...
5 Apr 202359min
Volcanic Venus? New insights from vintage data
Is Venus hiding volcanic secrets beneath its shroud of clouds? Robbie Herrick and Scott Hensley, the minds behind a new paper on recent potential volcanic activity on Venus, join Planetary Radio to di...
29 Mar 202348min
Getting psyched for Psyche
NASA’s Psyche mission to explore a metallic asteroid will launch later this year. Lindy Elkins-Tanton, the principal investigator for Psyche, joins Planetary Radio to share the mission’s status and lo...
22 Mar 202353min
Universal Harmonies: Sonifying images for science and accessibility
Kim Arcand from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory joins Planetary Radio to share her team’s new album “Universal Harmonies.” It’s a beautiful collection of sonified observations taken by the space tele...
15 Mar 202355min
Looking back on Voyager’s 45th Anniversary
Planetary Radio’s creator Mat Kaplan guest hosts for this look back at the Jet Propulsion Lab’s celebration of the 45th anniversary of the Voyager mission. Stick around for his conversation with Ann D...
8 Mar 20231h 15min
Space Policy Edition: The Tricky Ethics of Space Settlement
Humanity is on the cusp of attempting permanent settlement on other worlds. But who gets to go? How will we govern ourselves or enforce laws off Earth? How can you have property rights, labor rights, ...
3 Mar 20231h 11min
The Canadian Lunar Rover with Peter Visscher
In this week’s episode, Director of Canadensys West Peter Visscher fills us in on the upcoming Canadian lunar rover. Visscher has been working on the rover for years. Bruce Betts also returns to the s...
1 Mar 202336min
