Planetary Scientists Are Excited About Uranus

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🗓️ 28 April 2022

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Probes to Uranus and to one of Jupiter's moons where conditions might support life; a better plan high-quality science on the moon--those are some of the recommendations in a new 700 page report to NASA. NPR science correspondent Nell Greenfieldboyce has looked at that report and talked to the experts. Today, she sifts through all the juicy details of where NASA is headed the next few decades.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Shortwave from NPR.
0:05.8	Back in grade school, when we learned about the solar system and made those models of
0:10.0	all the planets going around the sun, there was one planet that always got the class
0:15.1	snickering.
0:16.4	You know what I'm talking about.
0:18.0	It's Uranus.
0:19.0	Even grown-ups make fun of Uranus.
0:21.5	That's MPR science correspondent Nell Greenfield-Boys.
0:24.3	Hey, Aaron.
0:25.3	This is the first time I've been with you on Shortwave.
0:28.0	I'm so glad to talk to you.
0:29.9	It is totally a pleasure.
0:31.7	Thank you for coming and joining us.
0:33.9	So now some people call Uranus Uranus.
0:38.3	Both are acceptable, but really, is Uranus any better?
0:41.8	No.
0:42.8	I mean, to me, it's a cop-out and a futile attempt at some kind of dignity here.
0:46.8	We just have to get used to saying Uranus Uranus.
0:50.5	We have to embrace it because we are going to be saying Uranus a lot in the coming years.
0:56.1	Or at least you are, right, since you're covering science and NASA.
1:01.3	It's my understanding that Uranus will be the target of a major flagship mission for
1:05.2	NASA.
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