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

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Space Policy Edition:  What the Congressional Midterms Means for Space Science

Space Policy Edition: What the Congressional Midterms Means for Space Science

Next year a new class of elected officials will enter Congress and usher in changes to the political focus and leadership of key space and science committees. Dr. Bethany Johns, the deputy director of...

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Ann Druyan wishes you a happy Sagan Day

Ann Druyan wishes you a happy Sagan Day

November 9 would have been our co-founder Carl Sagan’s 88th birthday. His professional and life partner, Ann Druyan, returns with a love story — the love between two people that encompassed the Cosmos...

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Space Policy Edition Bonus: Q&A with Casey Dreier and Bill Nye

Space Policy Edition Bonus: Q&A with Casey Dreier and Bill Nye

While we wait for the result of the upcoming U.S. midterm elections, enjoy this special bonus episode of Space Policy Edition featuring The Planetary Society's Chief Advocate and CEO answering dozens ...

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DART smacked an asteroid! So what’s next in planetary defense?

DART smacked an asteroid! So what’s next in planetary defense?

The success of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test was just one more step toward protecting our world from wayward asteroids and comets. NASA Planetary Defense Officer Lindley Johnson, and Kelly Fast...

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Meet the new Planetary Radio host! (and enjoy a beer with a cosmologist)

Meet the new Planetary Radio host! (and enjoy a beer with a cosmologist)

Join host Mat Kaplan as he proudly introduces the person who will take on the show he created 20 years ago. Then we’ll join astrophysicist Brian Keating at a joyful gathering of cosmologists who hope ...

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Eyes on the Sky: Spacewatch and the Catalina Sky Survey

Eyes on the Sky: Spacewatch and the Catalina Sky Survey

The University of Arizona in Tucson hosts two of the most successful asteroid searches on our planet. Together, they have discovered, tracked, and characterized tens of thousands of objects, many of w...

19 Okt 20221h 2min

Innovate! NASA’s leading-edge fellows share their amazing projects

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Mat Kaplan once again hosted the live webcast from the annual NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts or NIAC symposium. He presents a speed dating sample of highlights. How about a Mars habitat grown from ...

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Space Policy Edition: The Geopolitics of a Successful SETI Detection

Space Policy Edition: The Geopolitics of a Successful SETI Detection

What would nation-states do in response to a signal from an alien intelligence? Would they compete for status and control of the message, or hope to gain some technological advantage from its contents...

7 Okt 20221h 2min

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