A Sacred Place: The National Air and Space Museum with Ellen Stofan

Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

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🗓️ 30 May 2018

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Planetary geologist Ellen Stofan has just become Director of the most popular museum in the United States. The NASM protects and shares the greatest collection of space and aviation treasures on Earth. Mat Kaplan talks with the former NASA Chief Scientist about her new job and how the museum serves to inspire and inform millions each year. Senior editor Emily Lakdawalla prepares us for an exciting encounter between Japan’s Hayabusa 2 spacecraft and asteroid Ryugu. Harry Potter fans, rejoice! Bruce Betts corrects his correction of an astronomical observation by Harry and his classmates. We also offer another signed copy of Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto. Learn more about this week’s topics and see images here: http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/planetary-radio/show/2018/0530-ellen-stofan-nasm.htmlLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	at the National Air and Space Museum with Ellen Stauphin this week on planetary radio.
0:10.0	Welcome, I'm Matt Kaplan of the the Planetary Society, with more of the human adventure across our
0:15.8	solar system and beyond.
0:18.1	We last talked with Ellen as Cassini plunged to its triumphant finish at Saturn.
0:23.7	Now she has become director of the greatest aviation
0:26.4	and space museum on Earth,
0:28.8	the second most popular museum on the planet
0:31.4	after the Louvre in Paris.
0:33.0	Join us for a wonderful conversation right across from the spirit of St. Louis.
0:38.0	Okay, fans of Harry Potter and Venus, Bruce Betts will be here soon to set the record straight, and we'll offer another
0:45.2	sign copy of Chasing New Horizons. Let's get off to a great start with the Planetary Society's
0:50.9	senior editor, Emily Duwala.
0:53.2	Emily you've published a nice piece in the blog at planetary.org
0:57.6	how to keep up with Hayabusa too because I guess things are heating up
1:01.9	although there's still plenty of time to get ready for
1:06.1	this spacecraft's encounter with an asteroid I even it is moving pretty slowly just kind of
1:12.0	creeping up on its target.
1:13.4	Yeah, Hiabusa 2 is an ion engine powered mission.
1:17.0	Ion engines are much more efficient than traditional chemical thrusters, but they have very low thrust.
1:21.5	So it's not our usual thought of how a space mission
1:25.4	works where there's a big rocket firing and then a long coast and then a big
1:28.2	rocket firing to arrive into orbit. Instead it's been firing its rockets, its little ion engines for a very long time, first trying
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