Space Policy Edition: Why the SLS is a National Asset, and Why That Matters
Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science
The Planetary Society
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🗓️ 7 August 2020
⏱️ 92 minutes
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Summary
How spacefaring nations prioritize funding can be just as important, if not more so, than the capabilities of the commercial sector, says Dr. Mary Lynne Dittmar, President and CEO of the Coalition for Deep Space Exploration. She joins the show to talk how these complement each other, and why the SLS and Orion programs deserve support along with work by companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin. Mat and Casey also catch up on the dizzying amount of space news in July, including important progress on NASA’s budget from the U.S. House of Representatives. Learn more here.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to the Space Policy Edition of Planetary Radio. We have lots to talk about today |
| 0:20.1 | and a lot to celebrate as well and we will hold that celebration with the |
| 0:25.8 | senior space policy advisor for the Planetary Society our chief advocate |
| 0:30.3 | welcome back Casey Casey Casey Dryer. |
| 0:33.0 | Hey Matt, happy August. |
| 0:35.1 | Happy August. |
| 0:37.0 | You know, we actually do have some things |
| 0:38.7 | to be happy about that have just taken place |
| 0:41.6 | in the last couple of days and some major successes, things that I think a lot of people can be proud of. |
| 0:49.0 | We're going to get to that. |
| 0:50.0 | First though, our usual pitch for you to go to planetary.org |
| 0:54.6 | slash membership and become a part of this podcast and everything else that the |
| 1:00.7 | Planetary Society is up to by joining us, |
| 1:04.0 | joining our little planetary science, space science, space |
| 1:08.6 | exploration family, and become a member. |
| 1:11.5 | Planetary.org slash membership, the place to member. Planetary.org |
| 1:13.0 | membership, the place to go. |
| 1:15.0 | Casey, I think you still have an advocacy campaign going on as this is published. |
| 1:20.0 | Yeah, there's still time. |
| 1:21.0 | If you go to planetary.org |
| 1:22.0 | slash advocacy, there's a time. If you go to planetary.org |
| 1:22.6 | slash advocacy, there's a link to take you to a donation page. |
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