Space Policy Edition: The Big Picture on U.S. Science Funding

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🗓️ 5 February 2021

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Matt Hourihan is perhaps the world's most knowledgeable expert in how the U.S. government funds basic science and development activities. He joins the show to talk about the big picture of where the money goes, how the focus has changed over time, and the consequences of budget cuts to critical science investments. Discover more here: https://www.planetary.org/planetary-radio/0205-2021-spe-matt-hourihan

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0:00.0	Welcome back everybody. This is the Space Policy Edition of Planetary Radio coming to
0:20.0	as it is intended to first Friday in February. That's when this program becomes available.
0:26.1	I'm Matt Kaplan, the host of Planetary Radio and I am joined once again by our senior
0:31.3	Space Policy Advisor and Chief Advocate at the Planetary Society, Casey Dreyer. Welcome Casey.
0:37.2	Hey Matt, looking forward to getting super wonky on this episode with you and our listeners.
0:43.2	Just a quick plug we have coming up very soon. The guest this month is Matt Horahan from the
0:48.8	American Association for the Advancement of Science. He is the director of the R&D budget and
0:54.1	policy program there and we go into it on federal investments and basic science research
1:01.6	and development. It is super interesting, a little broader than what we tend to talk about in terms
1:05.8	of just space on the show, but he is an expert and you've probably seen that a lot of the work he
1:12.1	has done, whether you know his name or not. So look forward to the interview coming up soon.
1:17.2	It's fascinating and I think you know the Venn diagram of this would be what Matt deals with
1:22.5	as a big circle and what we usually talk about as a small circle entirely in that big circle.
1:28.5	I think that that especially for those of you who really tune in to hear the inner workings in
1:34.4	DC, you will not be disappointed by this conversation. Here's something else that you won't be
1:39.4	disappointed by. We've got Planifest coming up. Planifest 21 to Mars and Back begins on Saturday,
1:47.6	February 13th. We have the greatest program. It really is especially for a virtual event.
1:54.4	I am blown away by the caliber of guests that we are picking up for Planifest. You should check
2:00.6	it out at planetary.org slash Planifest 21 and see this amazing lineup, not just of people who
2:09.6	will be joining us on panels and in other sessions, but the topics that we will be covering.
2:14.3	And one of those sessions is yours, Casey. Yeah, Matt. Well speaking of really exciting guests,
2:20.1	I will be there as you mentioned. So we will be doing an advocacy workshop for how do you advocate
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