Back to Saturn for Brand New Cassini Science

Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

The Planetary Society

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4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2018

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Our most frequent guest returns with exciting, just-published research enabled by the 20-year mission’s enormous success. Linda Spilker has served as Cassini Project Scientist for 8 years, and was Deputy Project Scientist for the previous 13. You’ll also get the chance to win Bruce Betts’ great new intro to astronomy book in this week’s space trivia contest. Learn more at: http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/planetary-radio/show/2018/1017-2018-linda-spilker-cassini-science.htmlLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	New Wonders from Saturn this week on planetary radio.
0:05.0	Welcome, I'm A Kaplan of the Planetary Society,
0:12.0	with more of the Human adventure across our solar system
0:15.5	and beyond.
0:16.8	I'm back from a brief vacation with a treat for you.
0:20.4	It's another wonderful conversation with Linda Spilker,
0:23.3	Project Scientist for the great Cassini Huygens mission.
0:26.7	What?
0:27.7	You thought the fun ended when the spacecraft plunged into Saturn's atmosphere just over a year ago, wait till you hear the
0:35.0	latest great science based on data gathered a billion miles from our home world.
0:40.4	And stick around for what's up. Bruce Betts has a very special prize for the
0:44.8	winner of a new space trivia contest. Linda, welcome back. It is great to once again sit
0:51.4	across from you here in the Planetary Society studio.
0:54.5	Well thank you Matt it's a pleasure to be here.
0:56.7	And congratulations.
0:59.5	You won an Emmy.
1:01.5	Absolutely amazing, yes. Casino won an Emmy. Absolutely amazing, yes.
1:04.0	Cacini won an Emmy in the Outstanding Original Interactive Program and it was for the integrated interactive
1:10.8	experience.
1:11.8	We had two 360 degree cameras in the room during that
1:15.9	final few hours that leading up to the plunge and that was part of it, social media,
1:20.9	we had eyes on the solar system, so many ways that the public could participate.
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