Andrew Chakin and Buzz Aldrin this week on planetary radio. I'm at Hi everyone welcome to public radio's travel show that takes you to the

final frontier. I'm at Kaplan of the Planetary Society. the NASA. That's why we'll be talking to Buzz Aldrin, one of the first two humans on the moon, and

space historian and chronicler Andrew Chaken.

Buzz and Andy will share some of their thoughts about what could be called the new American vision

for space exploration.

Bill Nye will tell us about an opportunity to join the debate in a live webcast.

And later today, I'll be keeping Bruce Betts awake very early on an

Austrian morning to tell us what's up in the night sky and give away another planetary

radio t-shirt. Before our weekly conversation with Emily Lacuwala, let's take a moment to review other news

that actually originated in space rather than in the Hallowed Halls of Washington,

the last scheduled night launch of a space shuttle put

endeavor safely in orbit. As we prepare this week's show, the shuttle crew has delivered

and installed the American Tranquility module, though it includes the so-called

Kupala, built and tested in Italy.

How much would you pay for an hour or two in that observation tower with seven picture

windows looking down at Mother Earth? Sounds like heaven to me.

Time to visit with the Planetary Society Science and Technology Coordinator who is also

mistress of the society's blog. Emily, we're going to focus on Saturn this time around.

Good to be visiting with you again and good to be visiting with your baby daughter in the

background there as well. First of all something that's already up on the blog

these beautiful images which I tweeted about they they were so pretty, of Saturn's dual aurora, orore

a rory.

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