This is a special reprieve presentation of planetary radio, our first repeat in a year and a half.

It's your chance to hear or rehear excerpts from the Planetary Society's big 25th anniversary celebration in November of last year, which featured

a great lineup of stars.

Hope you enjoy it.

You might also enjoy a pictorial review of 2005's space exploration milestones. I think you'll

agree was an amazing and exciting year of discovery. It's at planetary.org on the

web, along with other news from Beyond Our Pale Blue Dot.

We'll be back from vacation next week with a brand new show including a new space trivia contest.

Thanks again for your support over the last year.

2006 promises to be just as exciting all around

our solar system and the rest of the universe.

The stars come out for an anniversary party this week on planetary radio.

Hi everyone, welcome to a special edition of Public Radio's travel show that

takes you to the final frontier. I'm Matt Kaplan. We stray from our always starry-eyed format to bring you excerpts from a night

devoted to stars of the human variety. Space headlines and Emily's Q&A will return next week.

25 years have passed since Lou Friedman, Bruce Murray,

and the late Carl Sagan founded what would become

the world's largest space advocacy group,

the Planetary Society.

Not a bad reason to celebrate, is it?

Last Saturday evening, 300 people rode elevators

to a restaurant high atop Santa Anita Racetrack

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