Space Policy Edition #14 – Ice Giants and Ocean Worlds Beckon

Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

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🗓️ 7 July 2017

⏱️ 65 minutes

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A new report builds the case for long overdue returns to Uranus and Neptune, while another proposal calls for exploration of the many bodies in our solar system that hide vast water oceans. Jason Callahan, Casey Dreier and Mat Kaplan dive into the troubled waters that determine which planetary science missions will get the limited funds available.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome, welcome, welcome back to the Space Policy Edition of Planetary Radio.
0:13.0	The Post Independence Day celebration,
0:16.0	our little monthly look at space policy.
0:19.0	I'm Matt Kaplan, the host of Planetary Radio.
0:21.0	We look forward to another terrific conversation with you
0:24.8	about the things that go on in Washington and elsewhere that determine what's
0:29.1	going to be happening in space over the coming years. I'm joined as always by Casey Dreyer, the Director of Space Policy for the Planetary Society.
0:37.0	Hello Casey.
0:38.0	Hey Matt, Jason, my colleague in Space Policy Program here.
0:42.0	How are you?
0:42.5	I'm doing well.
0:43.5	That's Jason Callahan, one of our guys.
0:46.4	Now we have two inside the beltway,
0:48.6	our Space Policy Advisor at the Planetary Society.
0:52.0	They are two-thirds of our three-person full-time space
0:57.3	advocacy group working on behalf of all of us who want to see space exploration and space science advanced,
1:06.3	you also can be a part of that.
1:08.3	If you're a member of the Planetary Society, you're already part of it.
1:12.2	So thank you for your support. But if you're not, we hope that you'll consider becoming a member at planetary.org
1:19.4	slash membership and you can also Casey give directly to support space policy even if
1:26.7	your space policy and space advocacy whether you're a member or not.
1:30.0	Oh you sure can we'll take your money either. But I encourage you to become a member.
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