All Pieces for Mat Kaplan

 
Amy Mainzer Hunts Killer Asteroids With NEOWISE
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: NEOWISE Mission Principal Investigator Amy Mainzer
Take a spacecraft that can no longer survey the realm of galaxies and repurpose it to discover thousands of much nearer asteroids and comets. Put i...

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  • Added: Dec 31, 2013
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 4
10 Years A Roving-Salley Rayl on the Mars Exploration Rovers
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Artist's conception of Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity at Endurance Crater
What a long, wonderful trip it has been for Spirit and Opportunity, the Mars Exploration Rovers. Planetary Society reporter Salley Rayl has been wr...

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  • Added: Dec 24, 2013
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 2
The AGU Conference: A Big Week for Space Science
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Chang'e 3 Lander on the Moon, Credit: CTV
The annual fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union revealed lots of science, some of it astounding. Emily Lakdawalla was there with Advocac...

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  • Added: Dec 17, 2013
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 3
Comet ISON's Spectacular Science Legacy
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Karl Battams, Comet ISON Observer
Maybe it wasn’t “the comet of the century,” but ISON has left a scientific legacy that is beyond compare. That’s according to Karl Battams of NASA’...

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  • Added: Dec 10, 2013
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 4
Celebrating Bruce Murray, The "Admiral of the Solar System"
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
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The life of explorer and teacher Dr. Bruce Murray was celebrated last November 10th at Caltech. This week we present a few excerpts from the tribu...

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  • Added: Dec 03, 2013
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 2
Alyssa Rhoden and the Rise of the Europa Underground
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
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Alyssa Rhoden studies Jupiter’s moon Europa…from a distance. She, many other scientists and millions of space exploration fans around the globe wan...

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  • Added: Nov 26, 2013
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 2
Planetary Radio Live Celebrates the MAVEN Launch
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Bill Nye reports live from the launch of the MAVEN Mars orbiter, Credit: Loren Roberts
MAVEN set out for Mars on November 18. Planetary Radio Live joined the celebration from Pasadena, California with Bruce Betts, Emily Lakdawalla, h...

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  • Added: Nov 19, 2013
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 2
SpaceUp LA Unconference: What would you do with an extra $13 Billion for space?
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: 2013 SpaceUp LA, Credit: Mat Kaplan
What would YOU do with $10 Billion for space exploration and development? That’s what Mat Kaplan asked the passionate space enthusiasts at the 201...

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  • Added: Nov 12, 2013
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 2
Optical SETI: In a Flash--We're Not Alone!
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The All-Sky Optical Seti Instrument
A burst of laser light could let humanity know it is not alone in the universe. Harvard’s Paul Horowitz and Curtis Mead will give us an update on t...

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  • Added: Nov 04, 2013
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 2
It's Hot! The Department of Energy Restarts Plutonium Production for Space Exploration
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Pellet of Plutonium 238 for spacecraft, Credit: Department of Energy
Casey Dreier tells the winding tale of Plutonium 238, the radioactive isotope that is vital for exploration of the solar system. The US came danger...

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  • Added: Oct 29, 2013
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 2
Juno Mission to Jupiter Swings Past Earth
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Jupiter From Voyager 2, Credit: Jonsson
Juno Principal Investigator Scott Bolton reviews the spacecraft's Earth flyby and previews its long stay at our solar system's king of planets. Bil...

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  • Added: Oct 22, 2013
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 2
Emily Lakdawalla Recaps Great Science at the 45th Annual DPS Meeting
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Planetary Evangelist Emily Lakdawalla
The Planetary Society’s Senior Editor and Planetary Evangelist recaps this year’s revealing meeting of the Division for Planetary Sciences (DPS). B...

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  • Added: Oct 14, 2013
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 2
Sending Another Message to the Stars
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: The Voyager Golden Record and New Horizons, Credit: Jon Lomberg
Carl Sagan’s longtime artistic collaborator Jon Lomberg designed the cover for the Voyager Interstellar Record. Now he wants to upload another mes...

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  • Added: Oct 07, 2013
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 2
Gregory and James Benford in the "Starship Century"
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Starship Century--Toward the Grandest Horizon
“Starship Century—Toward the Grandest Horizon” is the new collection of fact and fiction assembled by Gregory and James Benford. The brothers are ...

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  • Added: Oct 01, 2013
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 4
Can We Touch the Stars? Lou Friedman at the 100-Year Starship Symposium
From: Mat Kaplan
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Only days after Voyager 1 reached interstellar space, forward thinkers met in Houston, Texas to consider how humans can become a starfaring species...

  • Added: Sep 24, 2013
  • Length: 28:50
Bruce Jakosky's MAVEN Prepares for Mars
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: MAVEN Principal Investigator Bruce Jakosky, Credit: Mat Kaplan
The Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Mission (MAVEN) orbiter leaves for the red planet in November of 2013. Bruce Jakosky of the University o...

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  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 2
Planetary Radio Live: LADEE Launches to Luna
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Minotaur 5 rocket launches the LADEE spacecraft for the moon from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, Credit: NASA
Planetary Radio returned to Southern California Public Radio's Crawford Family Forum for live coverage of the LADEE launch on September 6th. With ...

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  • Added: Sep 10, 2013
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 2
NASA's Bolden Visits Earth Missions at JPL
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: NASA Administrator Charles Bolden in the JPL High Bay Clean Room, Credit: Mat Kaplan
Two missions are coming together in a high bay clean room at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. SMAP and ISS RapidScat went on display for a visit by N...

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  • Added: Aug 20, 2013
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 2
Bleeding Edge: NIAC Selects 12 New and Exciting Projects
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: How do you design a spacecraft to carry hibernating astronauts?, Credit: NIAC
The NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts Program supports science and tech proposals that are way out there. Program Executive Jay Falker tells us abo...

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  • Added: Aug 12, 2013
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 2
The Ancient Snows of Mars
From: Mat Kaplan
Series: Planetary Radio
Caption: Did runoff from snowfall carve this river basin on Mars?, Credit: NASA
When she was learning to forecast the weather in Hawaii, Brown University grad student Kat Scanlon didn’t suspect it would help her uncover evidenc...

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  • Added: Aug 05, 2013
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 2

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