Space Policy Edition #6: Election 2016! Where Do Clinton and Trump Stand on Space?

Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

The Planetary Society

Technology, Science

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🗓️ 4 November 2016

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Just in time for election day in the USA, we take stock of the major candidates' space policies (as far as they go), comparing statements and policy op-eds put out by both campaigns. We also look at the broader implications and challenges of the coming Presidential transition for NASA.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to another edition of our monthly series, the Space Policy Edition part of planetary radio
0:14.8	which of course is brought to you by the Planetary Society. It's my pleasure to
0:19.8	join you once again. I'm Matt Kaplan the host of Planetary Radio welcoming back
0:23.9	Casey Dreyer the Director of Space Policy for the Planetary Society.
0:28.0	Hi there Casey, hey Matt. And joining us from DC is Jason Callahan, the Space Policy Advisor for the Planetary Society.
0:36.4	Hello to you as well, Jason.
0:37.8	Hey, Matt, hey Casey, good to talk to you guys.
0:40.0	Gosh, what should we talk about with as we speak five days before one of the most
0:46.2	momentous elections in the history of the nation if you listen to the cable news
0:51.2	networks?
0:52.2	Well Matt I was actually going to propose we ditch the topic today and just talk about the Cubs winning the world series.
0:58.0	Because...
1:00.0	What an epic game.
1:01.0	Way more fun to talk about right now
1:04.0	series what a game seven what a
1:07.0	what a bunch of extra innings it was fantastic
1:10.0	Yeah, we're we're recording this the day after and so all of us I think are a little bleary-eyed particularly
1:15.2	on the East Coast there Jason I bet.
1:17.0	Is that a football game soccer?
1:19.0	Yeah.
1:21.0	So it was, I would rather talk about that than probably you know the this election of course has just been grinding on for a long time now we're almost to the end
1:29.9	But we thought here at the space policy addition that we should probably discuss to some degree both candidates both primary candidates
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