Countdown to Ultima: Alan Stern and New Horizons

Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

The Planetary Society

Science, Technology

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2018

⏱️ 42 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

The New Horizons spacecraft will reach faraway Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69 in the first minutes of 2019. Will the body informally known as Ultima Thule be as mysterious and exciting as Pluto? We’ll hear from the mission’s Principal Investigator, Alan Stern. Senior Editor Emily Lakdawalla takes us through 2018’s biggest planetary science and exploration moments. The coolest asteroid defense stickers in the solar system could be yours if you win the new What’s Up space trivia contest. Learn more at: http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/planetary-radio/show/2018/1226-2018-alan-stern-new-horizons.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Countdown to Ultima, this week on Planetary Radio.
0:05.0	Welcome, Happy Holidays, everyone.
0:10.0	I'm at Kaplan of the Planetary Society with more of the human
0:14.5	adventure across our solar system and beyond. Though officially still
0:19.3	known as 2014 MU69, the New Horizons team will tell you that Humanity is about to encounter Ultima Tully.
0:28.0	The leader of that team, Alan Stern, returns to Plamatory Radio to prepare us for a very special New Year's Eve out where
0:35.8	the sun is barely more than just another star in the heavens.
0:40.2	First though we'll look to senior editor Emily Lockwala for lightning round review of the biggest
0:45.1	events in planetary exploration over the last year.
0:48.5	No rubber asteroids just yet, but we've got a related prize for the winner of the new What's Up Space Trivia
0:54.0	contest. Stay with us to hear what Bruce Betts has cooked up this time.
0:58.0	Emily, it has been a busy and very productive year. I'm sorry we don't have more time to spend the time that all of these
1:04.8	different missions and events really deserve, but I know that you will give us a whirlwind
1:11.2	tour that is worth listening to.
1:13.2	Shall we start with the missions that got underway this year?
1:17.4	Oh my gosh, Matt, it's been such a busy year.
1:20.0	And yes, I'm counting four interplanetary missions that got off the ground this year.
1:24.4	We had Beppy Colombo beginning its long journey to Mercury.
1:27.8	We had Insight, Launching, and then Landing on Mars.
1:31.3	We had Chichiao launching to the moon to serve as a relay satellite for
1:35.2	Chang' 4, which also launched, and finally Parker Solar Probe, which launched and has already
1:40.0	begun flying through the outer atmosphere of the sun.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Planetary Society, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Planetary Society and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.