This is planetary radio. Hello and thanks for joining us on our first anniversary. I'm still Matt Kaplan.

It has been an amazing year. Planetary Radio has hosted some of the world's most interesting people, in my opinion.

We've learned a lot about our little corner of the galaxy. We've celebrated explorers and

discoverers. We mourn the crew of Columbia. And we've talked with visionaries who've pointed

the way toward our destiny in space. Today in a special edition of

planetary radio Bruce Betts turns the tables forcing me to answer a lot of

impertinent questions. Here's fair warning that you are likely to learn much more than

you needed or wanted to know. What can I say, except I promise never to do it again?

We really couldn't do this without remembering some of the many great conversations we've had.

One of the first was with David Anderson of SETI at home.

I asked him how this pioneering use of worldwide distributed computing came about.

The inspiration for study at home was to try to think of something we would have that same

effect today, of bringing science into people's houses and breaking down that barrier between the public and the scientific

laboratory.

So that's really one of the things that we're excited about beyond just, you know,

terra-flops and doing study is getting the public actively

involved in science.

Not long after that show, former NASA planetary scientist Adriano Ocampo talked about her current work for the European Space Agency

and the path she has followed to success.

Yes, yes, I think I've been extraordinarily fortunate to pursue my dreams as a young child dreaming about

the stars and space exploration in Argentina is it was my dream to work at NASA and be able to explore the stars.

And I find myself very fortunate to be able to have fulfilled that dream.

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