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| Space to Breathe |
| Topic: Moon to Mars |
05/18/06 |
| Summary: In this interview, Harrison Schmitt, the geologist who walked on the moon, talks about the far-reaching implications of developing lunar and martian settlements. |
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| Revisiting the Moon |
| Topic: Moon to Mars |
05/15/06 |
| Summary: Harrison Schmitt, the only geologist to have walked on the moon, discusses the past, present and future of space exploration in this interview. |
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| Survival in Space |
| Topic: Extreme Life |
05/11/06 |
| Summary: In this interview, Charles Cockell talks about studying microbes in the harsh conditions of outer space. He also explains why in the future, humans must expand our horizons outwards into that final frontier. |
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| Contemplating Craters |
| Topic: Meteorites, Comets and Asteroids |
05/04/06 |
| Summary: In this interview, Charles Cockell and Simon Mitton discuss the awesome experience of standing at the edge of an impact crater. The explosive force of a large asteroid impact would kill anyone unlucky enough to be nearby, and craters they leave behind can serve as a reminder for dangers that still lurk in our solar system. |
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| Hitting Europa Hard |
| Topic: Europa |
05/01/06 |
| Summary: Europa remains a tantalizing target for astrobiologists –- but what would be the best way to investigate the mysterious moon? In this interview, Karl Hibbitts describes a proposed hyper-velocity impactor that would smack right into Europa´s outer ice shell. |
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| Radio Astrobiology II |
| Topic: Missions |
04/13/06 |
| Summary: Welcome to Radio Astrobiology, the podcast of Astrobiology Magazine, where we'll feature new programs, including Ask an Astrobiologist, Astrobiology in the News, and Great Debates. In Part II of an in-depth interview, our host Simon Mitton discusses astrobiology and its exploration frontiers. |
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| Radio Astrobiology |
| Topic: Missions |
03/27/06 |
| Summary: Welcome to Radio Astrobiology, the podcast of Astrobiology Magazine: each week we'll feature a new program, including Ask an Astrobiologist, Astrobiology in the News, and Great Debates. In Part I of an in-depth interview, our host Simon Mitton discusses astrobiology and its exploration frontiers. |
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| Making a Home on the Moon |
| Topic: Moon to Mars |
03/23/06 |
| Summary: After a grueling day climbing the mountains of the moon, astronauts will need a place to kick back and relax. Larry Toups of the Johnson Space Center talks with Astrobiology Magazine about the challenges of designing a dwelling for the future moonwalkers. |
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| Deconstructing Life |
| Topic: Origin & Evolution of Life |
03/13/06 |
| Summary: How does chemistry become biology? Solving this question is important for research into life´s origins, and also for the search for life elsewhere in the universe. In this interview, Dimitar Sasselov, describes a new comprehensive study that will try to figure out how chemical systems cross over into the world of the living. |
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| To Pluto and Beyond |
| Topic: Outer Solar System |
03/02/06 |
| Summary: As the New Horizons mission to Pluto prepared for launch in January, NASA presented a webcast in which mission scientists answered questions from the public. In this edited transcript, project scientist Harold Weaver Jr. talks about what we could learn about Pluto. |
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