Ed Stone and Forty Years of Voyager in Space

Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

The Planetary Society

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🗓️ 16 August 2017

⏱️ 32 minutes

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It is most space fans’ favorite planetary science mission, and with good reason. We visit with the man who has been in charge of Voyager mission science for more than four decades.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The Voyager Mission celebrates 40 years in space this week on planetary radio.
0:07.0	Welcome, I'm Matt Kaplan of the Planetary Society with more of the human adventure across our solar system and beyond.
0:18.0	A special streamlined edition of the show as I prepare along with much of the Western Hemisphere for the August 21st
0:25.0	eclipse. No worries though you're about to hear a conversation with the great Ed
0:29.7	Stone, Project Scientist for the Voyager Interstellar Mission, thought by many to be the greatest
0:36.4	planetary science mission of all time.
0:39.3	And Bruce Bats will still join us for What's Up, and one of those rare occasions that will let a few more of
0:44.8	you get in on the space trivia contest.
0:48.4	At 81, Ed Stone remains a very busy guy.
0:52.2	He is David Morrisso Professor of Physics at the California
0:55.1	Institute of Technology where he is also Vice Provost for special projects.
0:59.5	He still has Caltech Space Radiation Lab too, but his longest tenure, as you'll hear,
1:05.9	is his service as project scientist for the Voyager mission.
1:10.0	The first of the twin spacecraft was launched on August 20th, 1977.
1:15.0	Nearly 40 years later to the day
1:18.0	had joined me on Skype for a conversation about this anniversary,
1:22.0	the mission's accomplishments, and his own legacy that includes
1:26.0	running the Jet Propulsion Lab.
1:28.0	Ed, welcome back to Planetary Radio.
1:30.6	This is your fifth time on the show.
1:33.0	I am just as honored as I have ever been to have you as our guest.
1:38.0	Thank you for doing this.
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