Date: March 30, 2009 Title: Robert Zubrin on Why We Must Go to Mars Podcasters: John C. Snider and Carlos Aranaga Organization: SciFiDimensions.com Description: Robert Zubrin, the world’s most enthusiastic booster for human conquest of the Red Planet, makes the case for why Earthlings need to establish a foothold on our planetary neighbor sooner rather […]
Date: February 16,2009 Title: Steering by the Planets Podcaster: Emily Lakdawalla Organization: The Planetary Society http://www.planetary.org/blog/ http://www.planetary.org/radio/ Description: Tomorrow, the Dawn spacecraft will pass close to Mars for a gravity-assist flyby. Gravity assists are one of the most important and under appreciated tools in space exploration. Without them, we wouldn’t have nearly as many spacecraft exploring nearly […]
Date: January 24, 2009 Title: Five Years of Living Vicariously on Mars Podcaster: Jim Bell, Astronomer and Planetary Scientist from Cornell University, lead scientist for the Mars Exploration Rover “Pancam” color imaging investigation, and President of The Planetary Society Description: The Mars Exploration Rovers Spirit and Opportunity have been actively exploring the Red Planet for […]
Date: January 19, 2009 Title: Bootleg Postcards — Armchair Astronauts Exploring the Solar System Podcaster: Doug Ellison Organization: Unmannedspaceflight.com Description: Imagery from robotic spacecraft is often put onto the web in near-real time. A community of enthusiastic amateurs has grown around this imagery. Doug Ellison discusses their efforts, results, and the opportunities beginning to open […]
Date: January 3, 2009 Title: Five Years of Spirit on Mars Podcaster: Emily Lakdawalla, from the Planetary Society Description: The Mars Exploration Rover Spirit has been operating on Mars for an amazing five years as of today. The robotic geologist has lived twenty times as long as its guarantee, driven up and down mountains, and […]
