The Spilkers of JPL and Neptune this week on planetary Radio. Radio. Hi everyone, welcome to Public Radio's travel show that takes you to the Final

Frontier.

I'm Matt Kaplan. Last week Linda and Tom

Spilker gave us an update on the Cassini Huygens mission at Saturn. Our

conversation with JPL's first couple of science takes us onward to Neptune this week as we hear about a

proposed mission to that mysterious blue ball. We'll also hear how a new project like

this is born. Bill Nye, the science guy, brings us back down to

Earth as he considers how satellites far out in space are helping us understand challenges

we face here on the surface.

Happily Emily Lachto-Wala joins us much more frequently than once in a blue moon,

as she'll explain in Q&A.

And Bruce Betts will join the Stars on the Red Carpet.

The planets too.

Who will win the coveted planetary radio t-shirt?

Somebody named Oscar?

Welcome home Atlantis.

Job well done, delivering the Columbus Lab to the International Space Station.

Do you know that in 13 days the shuttle traveled over 5 million miles

or about 10 round trips to the moon.

Next up is Endeavor, with launch targeted for March 11.

Atlantis won't fly again till August when we'll head out to repair the Hubble Space Telescope one last time.

After 17 years in space, Ulysses is enjoying its last hurrah.

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