Greetings pod people of planet Earth. Haven't talked to you in a couple of weeks this way, but once again,

thank you for those of you who amazingly continue to donate to support the radio show so that we can keep doing this for you

week after week. Great fun. I certainly hope that you've enjoyed our Apollo 11

anniversary coverage ending with Ray Bradbury last week and also what

we're about to do this week back to what we normally do talking about things like

the Mars Exploration Rovers and maybe I don't know if it's going to happen next week or the following week

We'll be welcoming Emily back. Emily Lachto-while will be back with Q&A So if you have any questions for her, send them on in. You can send them to me at

planetary radio at planetary.org and I will certainly get them to Ms. Lachdawala and boy are we excited about her returning to

active duty at the Planetary Society.

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slash radio thanks for listening planetary. Operation Rover Project Manager John Callis, this week on planetary radio.

Hi everyone, welcome to Public Radio's travel Show that takes you to the Final Frontier.

I'm Matt Kaplan, of the Planetary Society.

Spirit has been stuck in the sands of Mars for two months.

Her handlers at the Jet Propulsion Lab are searching for a way out.

Meanwhile, opportunity races for Endeavor Crater on the other side of the Red Planet.

We'll get a mission update from the man in charge of both rovers.

Our friend Bill Nye feels pretty strongly about Mars and the Moon, for that matter.

We'll hear from the science and planetary guy in less than a minute.

Later today, Bruce Betts will start gearing up

for the annual Perseid Meteor shower

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