Space Policy Edition: Mars via the Nuclear Option

Space Policy Edition: Mars via the Nuclear Option

Can nuclear propulsion fundamentally transform our ability to send humans to Mars? Bhavya Lal, a policy and nuclear engineering expert now working at NASA, helped write a new report on the topic for the National Academies of Sciences. She joins the show to talk about the advantages of various types of nuclear propulsion, the engineering and policy challenges that face them, and the role of government versus the private sector in developing and deploying transformational technologies. Discover more here: https://www.planetary.org/planetary-radio/0804-2021-spe-bhavya-lal-nuclear-propulsion

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Episoder(1329)

Journey to the Center of the Earth!

Journey to the Center of the Earth!

Journey to the Center of the Earth!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information...

19 Mai 200330min

Getting a Rover's-Eye View of Mars

Getting a Rover's-Eye View of Mars

Hear excerpts of the Mars Exploration Rover imaging team lead Jim Bell's presentation last week at Planetary Society headquarters; Emily looks for life on the moon, while Bruce Betts says to get ready...

12 Mai 200328min

Columbia Experiment Recovered!

Columbia Experiment Recovered!

Columbia Experiment Recovered!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

5 Mai 200328min

Looking Back: Jurrie van der Woude's 37 years at JPL

Looking Back: Jurrie van der Woude's 37 years at JPL

Looking Back: Jurrie van der Woude's 37 years at JPLLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for pr...

28 Apr 200335min

Return to Mars: Two Rover Landing Sites Chosen

Return to Mars: Two Rover Landing Sites Chosen

Matt Golombek tells us about the Mars Exploration Rover landing site selection process and the exciting destinations just chosen. What objects hold the solar system's speed record? We'll find out from...

21 Apr 200329min

A Microphone on Mars?

A Microphone on Mars?

What would you sound like on Mars? Berkeley researcher Greg Delory and the Planetary Society have developed the Mars Microphone, so that we can find out.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megapho...

14 Apr 200329min

Deep Space 1 / ET Phones Home!

Deep Space 1 / ET Phones Home!

Deep Space 1 / ET Phones Home!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

7 Apr 200330min

Masters of Science Fiction

Masters of Science Fiction

Masters of Science FictionLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

31 Mar 200329min

Populært innen Vitenskap

fastlegen
tingenes-tilstand
rekommandert
jss
rss-nysgjerrige-norge
liberal-halvtime
forskningno
sinnsyn
villmarksliv
rss-overskuddsliv
fjellsportpodden
rss-paradigmepodden
rss-rekommandert
rss-inn-til-kjernen-med-sunniva-rose
nordnorsk-historie
kvinnehelsepodden
rss-bondevennen
tomprat-med-gunnar-tjomlid
abels-tarn
rss-zahid-ali-hjelper-deg