In the Clean Room With the Mars 2020 Rover
Put on your bunny suit! You’re invited to join Mat Kaplan and Emily Lakdawalla in the Jet Propulsion Lab clean room with the Mars 2020 rover. You’ll hear JPL Director Michael Watkins and some of the e...
8 Jan 202047min
Planetary Society All-Stars Look Back at 2019 and Ahead to 2020
Happy new year in space! Editorial Director Jason Davis, Chief Advocate Casey Dreier and Solar System Specialist Emily Lakdawalla join Mat Kaplan for a review of 2019’s biggest news from the final fro...
1 Jan 20201h 17min
What’s Next for Mars Exploration?
The Red Planet is slowly revealing its deepest secrets, but there’s much more to learn. The biggest mystery is whether it has ever been home to life. Caltech and JPL planetary scientist Bethany Ehlman...
25 Dec 201946min
Meet the Planetary Society’s Newest Asteroid Hunters
Six amateur astronomers and small observatories around the world have just been named as the recipients of the 2019 Eugene Shoemaker Near Earth Object grants. You’ll meet an Italian who watches the sk...
18 Dec 201938min
The Creators of The Expanse
Season 4 of The Expanse is about to begin on Amazon Prime. Host Mat Kaplan visits with the authors of the eight novels (so far) that are the basis of this outstanding hard science fiction series that ...
11 Dec 20191h 4min
Space Policy Edition: The Biggest Policy Moments of the Decade (with Marcia Smith)
As the 2010s come to a close, Marcia Smith, the founder of Space Policy Online, rejoins the show to explore the most significant and impactful space policy decisions of the 2010s. Mat and Casey also d...
6 Dec 20191h 37min
A Toast to Alcohol in Space
They are not for everyone, but there’s no doubt that alcoholic beverages have been part of human culture for as long as there has been human culture. And there’s no reason to think booze won’t follow ...
4 Dec 201946min
Seeking the Killer Space App with Space Tango
Organizations are using the microgravity environment of the International Space Station to develop unique new products. One of them is Kentucky-based Space Tango. We’ll meet its chairman and co-founde...
27 Nov 201951min
