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| Moonlander: Let it Rain |
| Topic: Titan |
01/22/05 |
| Summary: Since the remarkable landing of the Huygens probe on Saturn's moon, Titan, planetary scientists have wondered anew about future exploration in the Solar System. Anthony Del Genio, member of the Cassini Imaging team studying the atmosphere on Saturn, recently discussed the giant ringed world and its strange moons. |
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| Titan: A Living World? |
| Topic: Titan |
01/20/05 |
| Summary: University of Hawaii astronomer Toby Owen spoke with Astrobiology Magazine shortly after the successful Huygens mission had completed. In this part of the interview, Owen talks about the possibility that there is life on Titan. |
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| Methane World |
| Topic: Titan |
01/19/05 |
| Summary: University of Hawaii astronomer Toby Owen spoke with Astrobiology Magazine shortly after the successful Huygens mission had completed. In this part of the interview, Owen talks about the significance of methane in Titan's atmosphere. |
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| Targeting Titan |
| Topic: Titan |
01/18/05 |
| Summary: University of Hawaii astronomer Toby Owen is one of the original planners of the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn and its moon Titan. Owen talks about the history of the mission and the reasons scientists were interested in exploring Titan. |
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| Did Fluid Once Flow on Titan? |
| Topic: Titan |
01/14/05 |
| Summary: With the latest Titan images showing channels and fluid-like branching, scientists have begun the debate anew whether fluid might have shaped the Earth-like moon. Imaging science team leader for Cassini, Carolyn Porco, describes the initial surprise and excitement of seeing Titan up close. |
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| Titan: Looking Back to the Future |
| Topic: Titan |
01/14/05 |
| Summary: As the Huygens probe nears its mission endpoint, the concept of trying to land an instrument on the supercold Earth-like moon, Titan, seems enough to engender wonder. But looking back over its conception at least two decades ago, the probe's trajectory stands out as a gem of planetary exploration. |
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| Plunge to Methane Lake? |
| Topic: Titan |
01/12/05 |
| Summary: Anthony Del Genio of the Cassini Imaging team takes a tour of the strange and perplexing world, Titan, where hurricane winds and supercold smog promise some of the most startling imagery in our solar system. The mission to descend towards Titan's surface will draw global attention in a few days, when a tiny space probe will test the limits of parachutes, cameras and communications. |
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| Our Cosmic Self-Esteem |
| Topic: Cosmic Evolution |
01/10/05 |
| Summary: Astronomer Royal, Sir Martin Rees describes how for the first time, humans as a species may start to change in observable ways within single lifetimes and under some loose control of our own influence. If this future plays out, the future itself becomes more difficult to forecast. |
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| Space to Move |
| Topic: Biosphere |
01/06/05 |
| Summary: One of the great unknowns in the climate change debate is the effect of regional alterations on individual species. Connie Millar, a geneticist from the Pacific Southwest Research Station, discusses the importance of allowing a species to move, even as space becomes more precious and fenced off. |
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| Before the Beginning |
| Topic: Cosmic Evolution |
01/05/05 |
| Summary: Astronomer Royal, Sir Martin Rees discusses the limits to our knowledge of what might have preceded the big bang. Everyone asks the question: what was 'there' the instant before everything came to be?, but the question may not go as deep as the answers it spawns. |
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