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| Interview with Nathalie Cabrol |
| Topic: Mars |
01/07/04 |
| Summary: Geologist Nathalie Cabrol has had her eye on Gusev Crater for more than 15 years. Cabrol, along with her husband, Edmond Grin, were the scientists who first proposed that Gusev would make a good MER landing site. Now, as a member of the Spirit science team, her dream of exploring an ancient martian lakebed, is about to come true. |
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| Interview with Matt Golombek |
| Topic: Mars |
01/04/04 |
| Summary: Pathfinder chief scientist, Matt Golombek, is a geologist on the science team evaluating what their second day on Mars will encompass. He describes what the first panoramas can show to a trained eye and what may follow in the days and weeks ahead for their robotic geologist. |
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| Extraterrestrial Capture |
| Topic: Meteorites, Comets and Asteroids |
12/31/03 |
| Summary: In the next few days, a bullet-speed spacecraft called Stardust will pass through the wispy tail of a comet, capture about an ounce of its delicate particles, and then begin its return voyage back to Earth. |
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| Isidis, Martian Impact Basin |
| Topic: Mars |
12/29/03 |
| Summary: Colin Pillinger, chief scientist for the Beagle lander, talked with Astrobiology Magazine earlier this month about his experiments to detect signs of life on Mars. Pillinger's approach to finding organic matter was a contrast to what in 1976, the Viking era of landers had tried. |
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| Dinner with Captain Kirk |
| Topic: Missions |
12/28/03 |
| Summary: Director, writer, and one of the most memorable fictional explorers of space--William Shatner's Captain Kirk--explains how to go where few have gone before: how extreme explorers might confront the limits of life both terrestrial or beyond. |
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| A Traveler's Guide To Mars |
| Topic: Mars |
12/22/03 |
| Summary: Arizona planetary scientist, Dr. Bill Hartmann, offers a visual grand tour of Mars, in anticipation of the trio of landers scheduled in the next few weeks. |
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| Two Worlds, One Sun |
| Topic: Mars |
12/17/03 |
| Summary: Both of next month's Mars Exploration Rovers will debut a new concept in telling interplanetary time. On board will be panoramic cameras and color calibration targets so the pictures beamed back to Earth will give a realistic view of what the landscape offers. |
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| Hooked by Flying: The Wrights |
| Topic: Missions |
12/16/03 |
| Summary: On the much celebrated centennial of powered flight, consider the contributions of those two brothers who went rapidly from bicyclists to flyers. |
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| Night Lights: Interview with Woody Sullivan |
| Topic: Mars |
12/10/03 |
| Summary: University of Washington Professor, Dr. Woody Sullivan, talks about designing the first interplanetary sundials that will serve as camera calibration targets on the forthcoming Mars' rovers. Not only will they shadow time, but also keep all the colors correct. |
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| The Big Crunch: Interview with Dan Werthimer |
| Topic: Alien Life |
12/08/03 |
| Summary: Searching for intelligent life elsewhere has challenged this generation of scientists in a way previously inconceivable, requiring the processing power of the world's largest supercomputer. This priceless and vast scientific network is closer than one might naively imagine. |
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