Space Policy Edition #5: The U.S. Senate takes on the politics of Mars
We take a deep dive into new space legislation working its way through the US Senate. It embraces Mars and NASA's big rocket. But Elon Musk and SpaceX just announced an ambitious new plan to colonize ...
7 Okt 20161h 3min
Farewell Rosetta!
The European Space Agency’s magnificent Rosetta mission ended last week as the spacecraft gently touched down on the comet it has revealed.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoice...
4 Okt 201630min
Rocket Road Trip!
Planetary Society Digital Editor Jason Davis returns with the story of the ten-day trek across the South he just completed with two Society colleagues.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone...
27 Sep 201633min
Cassini at Saturn: The Final Year
The great Cassini spacecraft has a year to go before it plunges into the ringed planet. Project Scientist Linda Spilker returns with more amazing mission science.Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...
20 Sep 201629min
OSIRIS-REx: The Voyage to Bennu Begins, With Dante Lauretta
In two years a Near Earth Asteroid now known as Bennu will have a visitor from Earth. OSIRIS-REx Principal Investigator Dante Lauretta reports on his mission’s successful launch.Learn more about your ...
13 Sep 201628min
Spinoffs! Sharing NASA Technology
In its nearly five decades, NASA has created or improved thousands of technologies, processes and innovations. Dan Lockney is in charge of making sure these solutions are found and utilized by industr...
6 Sep 201628min
Space Policy Edition #4: Near Earth Asteroids—Why we go, how we find them, and maybe mine them
In honor of OSIRIS-REx—NASA’s newest asteroid mission—we explore the policy and history of near-Earth Objects: why NASA explores them, how the government plans to find and defending the planet, and th...
2 Sep 20161h 4min
The Pale Red Dot: A Planet Called Proxima b
The announcement was made just days ago. Co-discoverer Michael Endl tells us about the discovery of a roughly Earth-mass planet orbiting in the habitable zone of the closest star to our own.Learn more...
30 Aug 201635min
