Has the Mount Wilson Observatory been rescued this week on planetary radio? on Planetary Radio. Radio. Hi everyone, welcome to Public Radio's travel show that takes you to the final

frontier.

I'm Ad Kaplan of the Planetary Society. Last week Bruce Betts described for

us the flames in the San Gabriel Mountains. The vast station fire threatened the historic

and active telescopes on Mount

Wilson high above Los Angeles. This week we'll talk with the director of the

Mount Wilson Institute, Dr. Hal McAllister. He was escorted up the mountain by firefighters so that he could

survey the damage. Bill Nye will be along shortly. The science and

planetary guy is considering the past and the future, and it's pretty clear which one he'd like to live in.

Emily Lachtoala's Q&A will reveal how we know a faraway planet is orbiting the wrong way.

And Bruce Betts has left the fire lines for the beach. That's where he'll

deliver this week's What's Up segment, including a new space trivia contest.

Let's go back to Emily for a moment, or rather to her blog at planetary.org.

My colleague has posted some jaw-dropping animations and images.

You can see the moons of Saturn whiz by. Pick out Mars Exploration Rover's spirit, still in its

sand trap on the red planet, and even see what the Apollo 12 mission left on the moon

thanks to the new lunar reconnaissance orbiter.

A.J.S. Rail has published another of her delightfully detailed status reports for

spirit and opportunity.

You'll find that at planetary.org as well. I'll be right back with Halm

the Callister. Here's Bill. Hey Bill Nye, the planetary guy here, Vice

President of Planetary Society, and this week I'd like to talk about the past and the future.

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