Date: September 27th, 2012
Title: Talking About the OSIRIS REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission at PATS
Podcaster: Mat Kaplan
Organization: The Planetary Society
Links: Planetary Society: http://planetary.org
“Name That Asteroid” Competition: http://www.planetary.org/get-involved/contests/osirisrex/
OSIRIS REx Mission: http://osiris-rex.lpl.arizona.edu/
Description: The Planetary Society’s Mat Kaplan hosted recently hosted this conversation about the upcoming seven-year mission of OSIRIS REx at the 2012 Pacific Astronomy and Telescope Show (PATS). You’ll hear how the spacecraft will use a “pogostick vacuum cleaner” to collect a few precious grams of asteroid soil or regolith and bring it back to Earth. And you’ll learn how to enter the contest to rename target asteroid 1999 RQ36.
Bio: Mat Kaplan is the longtime producer and host of “Planetary Radio,” the Planetary Society’s weekly radio and podcast series about space exploration. He has been a science and technology journalist for more than thirty years.
GUESTS: JPL Astrodynamicist/OSIRIS REx navigator Steve Chesley, and Planetary Society Director of Projects Bruce Betts
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Transcript:
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Welcome yet again, podcast fans. I’m Mat Kaplan of the Planetary Society, back with our monthly contribution to 365 Days. It’s a long one this time, and yet, it’s edited way down from a discussion I led just a few days ago at the Pacific Astronomy and Telescope Show in Pasadena, California. Let’s get right to it.
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And Steve Chesley was joined by my colleague, Planetary Society Director of Projects, Bruce Betts. I’m Mat Kaplan, and I’ll be back on the last Thursday of October with another contribution from the Planetary Society. Clear skies.
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