Hello and welcome to the December 2019 space policy edition of Planetary Radio.

I'm at Kaplan the host of this program, well, of the host of Planetary Radio, and it is my pleasure,

as you, most of you know, once a month to also sit down with Casey Dreyer, chief advocate for the Planetary Society, though when we sit down,

it is usually, oh I don't know, about a thousand miles apart,

but I have the great pleasure of actually sitting across from you today in the lovely planetary society studio in downtown Pasadena

Yeah, ironically neither Matt nor I spend that much time in the headquarters because we live in different parts of the country

But we are crossing paths in the night here or through the board meeting here at the planetary society this week and what a perfect

time to come together and talk in person and Matt I can confirm you have a face for

radio.

Thank you so much Gaze. It takes one to know one. No it it really, there is, I mean, I always have a great time.

Most of the people I get to talk to on the show, I do not see their faces unless at some point later,

maybe I'm lucky enough to meet them but it's

always better to be sitting directly across the table from somebody so a little

holiday treat for you and hopefully for our audience yeah it's always fun to be here, Matt.

We will open with our usual pitch because we know that,

well, a minority of you out there

are behind this program and behind everything else that the planetary

society is up to because you are a member. But sadly that means that the

preponderance the majority of you, are not. Not yet anyway.

Would you take a look at planetary.org slash membership and look at the benefits there, look at all the different levels you can come in at and become a part of this society that has among its mission objectives the stuff that keeps Casey busy day to day

advocating for space exploration and space science really across the world but

especially in Washington DC and not just Casey but our colleague

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