Adventures at the 2023 Planetary Defense Conference

Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

The Planetary Society

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🗓️ 3 May 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Planetary Radio creator Mat Kaplan shares a look behind the scenes at the 2023 Planetary Defense Conference in Vienna, Austria.

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0:00.0	Join us on an adventure to the 2023 Planetary Defense Conference.
0:05.5	This week, on Planetary Radio.
0:12.7	I'm Sarah Allah mid of the Planetary Society, with more of the human adventure across our
0:17.1	solar system and beyond.
0:19.5	The Planetary Defense Conference took place in Vienna, Austria last month.
0:23.5	Matt Kaplan, the Planetary Society's Senior Communications Advisor, will share a look
0:27.8	behind the scenes of the conference and what it means for the future of Planetary Defense.
0:32.5	Then Bruce Betts, our Chief Scientist, will update you on the upcoming night sky and the
0:36.9	ADA-acquared meteor shower.
0:39.9	Now it's time for some space news.
0:42.1	Unfortunately, the Japanese ice-space lunar lander is presumed to have crashed.
0:47.6	The Hakuto-R Mission 1 lander, which was developed by the private company Icebase, attempted
0:53.4	a landing on the lunar surface on April 25th.
0:56.3	The touchdown ended in the loss of communication from the lander.
0:59.9	Icebase CEO Takeshi Hakamada said that the mission still yielded a lot of valuable information
1:05.4	and will help future lunar missions succeed.
1:08.2	China has announced new plans for two of its space science programs.
1:12.3	The China National Space Administration announced last week that its Tianwen-3 Mars-Simple
1:17.0	Return Mission, which is scheduled to launch in 2030, will likely use a small helicopter
1:21.8	like NASA's ingenuity.
1:23.6	The helicopter will collect samples near the accompanying lander.
1:27.0	The agency also announced its plans to build and launch an array of telescopes in deep
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