Lightsail Update and Haute Cuisine in Space
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science
The Planetary Society
4.8 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 21 December 2009
⏱️ 29 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Solar sailing and oat cuisine in space, this week on planetary Radio. Radio. Hi everyone, welcome to Public Radio's travel show that takes you to the Final |
| 0:20.1 | Frontier. |
| 0:21.1 | I'm Matt Kaplan of the Planetary Society wishing you the happiest of holiday |
| 0:25.0 | seasons. We have some great gifts to unwrap. First up is Emily Lochawala |
| 0:29.9 | with the best of her blog. Then we'll go to Bill Nye, the Science Guy for an update on light sail. |
| 0:35.6 | The Planetary Society's new plan to set sail on the light of the sun. |
| 0:39.8 | Next we'll visit the Zero G kitchen with international space station astronaut Sandy Magnus |
| 0:45.6 | and NASA food scientist Vicky Claris. |
| 0:48.3 | But wait, there's still our weekly report on the night sky and a new space trivia contest from Bruce Betts. |
| 0:55.0 | Why it's almost too much for one little show about the universe. |
| 0:59.4 | And speaking of the universe... |
| 1:01.0 | Three, two, one. |
| 1:04.3 | We have ignition and lift-off of a Delta-2 rocket and rise, searching for stars and galaxies |
| 1:11.6 | never seen before. |
| 1:13.0 | Wise, the Wide Field Infrared Survey Explorer, |
| 1:17.0 | launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California |
| 1:20.0 | and now in orbit. |
| 1:22.0 | Congratulations to this new Space Telescope's team. |
| 1:25.0 | Time to check in with Emily Lochuala, the Planetary Society Science and Technology |
| 1:30.2 | Coordinator. |
| 1:31.2 | We select the most interesting stories Emily has written about on her blog in the last week |
| 1:35.8 | this time beginning with a long-awaited discovery by Cassini. Emily the light off |
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