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Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

Space Policy Edition #10 - Special Guest Laura Delgado Lopez, SpaceX to the Moon, looming budget cuts

Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

The Planetary Society

Science, Technology

4.81.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2017

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Laura Delgado Lopez from the Harris Corporation joins us to talk about the growing number of countries getting into the space business, particularly in Latin America. Casey, Jason, and Mat also take stock of SpaceX's plans to send humans around the Moon in 2018, and how the newly-announced Trump budget cuts could hurt NASA.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

So that distinctive theme music means it's once again time for the space policy addition of planetary radio

0:13.8

welcome back everybody to this once a month first Friday edition of the show I'm

0:19.2

Matt Kaplan the host of planetary radio rejoined again by our two guests for this extended discussion

0:26.4

unique across the internet about space policy. Casey Dreyer is the director of space policy

0:32.1

for the planetary society.

0:33.5

Hi Casey.

0:34.3

Hi, Matt.

0:35.3

Jason, pleasure to be here as always.

0:37.3

Jason, the space policy advisor for the society there within the beltway in DC.

0:42.1

Hello, Jason.

0:43.2

Hey guys, good to be talking to you again.

0:45.4

We have something brand new for us this time,

0:48.8

hopefully not the last time we'll be doing this.

0:51.0

In a few minutes, we will be meeting our first guest on the Space Policy

0:55.5

Edition, Laura Delgado Lopez with the Harris Corporation, a terrific history as a consultant and researcher regarding space policy, especially on the international stage.

1:08.0

Jason will have more to tell us about her when he and I join a conversation with her in a few minutes.

1:14.0

But first one got to go through the kind of stuff that the three of us generally talk about

1:18.3

on this show.

1:19.3

Let's begin with guys the very busy week that you guys are just completing.

1:24.4

Well, Matt, I just flew back from Washington, D.C. and, oh wait, we're not finishing the joke on this one.

1:32.4

Oh, leave me hanging here folks.

1:34.0

No, I just got back from Washington, D.C.

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