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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Conference on the Future of the American Space Program with Bill Nye

Conference on the Future of the American Space Program with Bill Nye

Bill Nye the Science Guy reports on last week's conference about the future of the US space program.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privac...

19 Apr 201028min

It's Mars Rover Opportunity, Only Smarter

It's Mars Rover Opportunity, Only Smarter

JPL engineer Daniel Gaines helped develop new software for Opportunity to autonomously select objects for close-up imaging as she races across Mars. Emily Lakdawalla is thrilled by evidence of recentl...

12 Apr 201028min

This is Global Astronomy Month

This is Global Astronomy Month

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5 Apr 201028min

Alan Stern: The Busiest Man in Space Exploration?

Alan Stern: The Busiest Man in Space Exploration?

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29 Mars 201028min

Saving the Hubble Space Telescope in IMAX 3D

Saving the Hubble Space Telescope in IMAX 3D

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22 Mars 201028min

Your Personal Photoshoot on Mars?

Your Personal Photoshoot on Mars?

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15 Mars 201028min

Stephen Hawking Accepts the Cosmos Award

Stephen Hawking Accepts the Cosmos Award

Stephen Hawking Accepts the Cosmos AwardLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inform...

8 Mars 201028min

100 Millions Solar Systems Like Our Own?

100 Millions Solar Systems Like Our Own?

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1 Mars 201028min

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