Ad Astra: The Movie!
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science
The Planetary Society
4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 25 September 2019
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Brad Pitt sets out across the solar system to save Earth in the new space epic. Host Mat Kaplan enjoys a far-reaching conversation with the co-screenwriter of Ad Astra that touches on the film’s meaning, the mythic journey of its protagonist, its spectacular images, and where it strays from known science. Registration for the Planetary Society’s 2020 Day of Action in Washington DC is open! Chief Advocate Casey Dreier has the lowdown. You might win a beautiful, rotating MOVA Earth globe in this week’s What’s Up space trivia contest. Hey! That’s LightSail 2 floating above our pale blue dot. Learn more about this week’s guests and topics at: http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/planetary-radio/show/2019/0925-2019-2019-ethan-gross-ad-astra.html
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| 0:00.0 | At Astra, the movie, this week on planetary radio. |
| 0:04.0 | Welcome, I'm Mad Kaplan of the Planetary Society, |
| 0:12.0 | with more of the human adventure across our solar system and beyond. |
| 0:16.5 | Have you seen it? |
| 0:18.0 | At Astra is the new science fiction epic starring Brad Pitt and created by director and writer James Gray and |
| 0:25.0 | co-writer Ethan Gross. Ethan is my guest for a fun, wide-ranging conversation |
| 0:30.9 | about the film and much more. |
| 0:33.0 | Want to own a rotating planet Earth? |
| 0:36.0 | We're giving away a solar-powered Mova Globe |
| 0:39.0 | in this week's what's up space trivia contest. |
| 0:42.0 | Wait, is that LightSail 2 floating above it? It sure is. We'll start by |
| 0:46.9 | diving back within the dreaded Washington DC beltway with planetary society chief Advocate Casey Dreyer. |
| 0:54.4 | Casey, welcome back to the Weekly Edition. |
| 0:57.4 | Of course we'll be talking again as part of the Space Policy Edition, |
| 1:01.4 | but not quite as soon as we expected because you have |
| 1:04.0 | you have graciously allowed me to delay the October program from October 4 |
| 1:10.8 | which would have been is the first Friday in October, to October 11. |
| 1:15.0 | I really appreciate it just because life's going to get crazy with a lot of travel on behalf |
| 1:19.7 | of the show and the society. |
| 1:21.3 | Yeah, well, we'll just have to make that episode extra good to make it worth the |
| 1:25.2 | additional week's weight so no pressure or anything. Well I know one way to help with that and that is |
| 1:30.4 | we'll bring in your colleague Brendan. |
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