Celebrating Kepler

Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

The Planetary Society

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🗓️ 31 October 2018

⏱️ 43 minutes

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The Kepler mission has ended. Listen to highlights of the October 30th media briefing that included the father of the fantastically successful planet finder, William Borucki. Then catch the thoughts of Planetary Society editors and commentators Jason Davis and Emily Lakdawalla. Director of Space Policy Casey Dreier explores what’s at stake in the US November 6th midterm election. And we’ll give away another copy of Bruce Betts’ Astronomy for Kids in a spooky edition of What’s Up. Learn more at: http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/planetary-radio/show/2018/1031-2018-kepler-celebration.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Long live Kepler this week on planetary radio.
0:04.0	In the words of Paul Hurtz, NASA Astrophysics Division Director, the Kepler Exoplanet Hunter has run out of fuel.
0:17.8	This is not unexpected and this marks the end of spacecraft operations for Kepler and the end of the collection of science
0:26.1	data.
0:27.1	Welcome.
0:28.1	I'm at Kaplan, the Planetary Society, with more of the human adventure across our solar system and beyond.
0:34.4	The announcement was made in a media briefing on the morning of Tuesday, October 30th.
0:39.4	Stay with us for highlights of that emotional and triumphant briefing, along with thoughts about Kepler
0:45.1	and more from our own Emily Lochuwala and Jason Davis.
0:49.4	Someone is going to win Bruce Betts' new book today we'll offer you another chance to pick up a free
0:54.8	copy when we get to the What's Up Space Trivia Contest.
0:58.9	We open with the Planetary Society's Director of Space Policy, Casey Dryer.
1:03.8	Casey, welcome back to the weekly version of the show.
1:06.5	A very important announcement that we need to make this time
1:09.0	is that we are delaying from its usual first Friday of the month, November's Space Policy
1:16.5	Edition, because we want to get past a certain fairly significant event so that
1:22.4	we can talk about it.
1:23.3	Yeah, Matt, have you heard that there's a midterm elections happening in the United States
1:27.6	in November 6th?
1:28.6	That's something that's come up?
1:30.1	Oh, you must be kidding. No, of course, and I'm ready. I'm ready with my sample ballot.
1:38.0	Because a significant amount could change in politics and space politics and space policy.
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