Matt Kaplan sitting in the brand new Planetary Society video and audio studio to do I guess

this will really be the first extended conversation I've had with anybody in

here Casey so congratulations. Thanks yeah I'm excited it feels a little bit like the

attic still but it's I'm seeing some really great path forward for this place

absolutely yeah and Merck our ace video, is going to do some great, great stuff in here.

But I'm very happy to have you in here for the first of these, we haven't done this in a while,

of these extended conversations about advocacy efforts and of course you are the right

person to talk to about that as our Director of Advocacy at the Society.

This is the long version.

Want to warn people up front.

If you heard our little tease on the radio show

that was only maybe three minutes,

this is for the real policy and advocacy wonks out there. So, and I know I'm sitting across from one so you're in good company.

Yeah and I wouldn't warn them this is a treat right this is everyone gets to hear this.

You're welcome everybody.

All right.

Let's start what we did on the radio, which is with the dwarf planet in the room,

and that's Pluto.

Huge success. I know you were as thrilled as anybody about that mission, but you

know that we here at the society, our members and others, have even more reason to be thrilled about the success.

Yeah, that's really true. This is something, long time members I think will remember this

and new members should really take this as an example of what we can do together.

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