Space Policy Edition #4: Near Earth Asteroids—Why we go, how we find them, and maybe mine them

Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

The Planetary Society

Technology, Science

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2016

⏱️ 64 minutes

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In honor of OSIRIS-REx—NASA’s newest asteroid mission—we explore the policy and history of near-Earth Objects: why NASA explores them, how the government plans to find and defending the planet, and the how policy can keep up with ambitious plans to mine asteroids.
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0:00.0	Welcome Space Policy Fans, this is the Space Policy Edition of Planetary Radio coming to once again from the Planetary
0:15.6	Society, this special monthly podcast about all things having to do with
0:21.1	space policy and advocacy that so many of you seem to be enjoying and
0:26.2	we are very grateful for that.
0:28.0	I'm Matt Kaplan, the host and producer of Planetary Radio, joined once again by my colleagues.
0:33.0	That's Jason Callahan, the Society Space Policy Advisor,
0:38.0	working out of DC full-time.
0:40.0	And next to him on my Skype screen, you will have to use your imagination, is Casey Dreyer,
0:46.0	the Planetary Society's Director of Space Policy.
0:50.0	Gentlemen, welcome back.
0:51.0	Hey Matt.
0:52.0	Hey guys, how are you?
0:53.0	I am just doing great.
0:54.0	It's exciting to be talking to you once again.
0:56.8	We're going to do something a little bit different this time.
0:59.0	There's sort of an overarching umbrella topic that we will reveal in a moment, but there are several
1:06.1	sub-topics within this very important issue which is one that that I really take to
1:11.3	heart it's one that I just, the planetary society cannot be more, can not be involved enough in the subject of asteroids and exploring them and near-Earth objects. And as I put and guys are as excited as I am. Oh yeah, I mean, also, I mean, this is kind of an honor of this episode of
1:36.3	Osiris Rex, the newest planetary science mission from NASA that is, as we record this,
1:42.0	about to launch in a week.
1:43.7	And so we thought we'd talk all about asteroids
1:46.0	and all the kind of the policy of deflection,
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