Meet Australia's Ruver and our new board member this week on planetary radio.

I'm Sarah Alahmed of the Planetary Society with more of the human adventure across our

solar system and beyond. It's a big moment for us here at the Planetary Society

as we welcome our newest member of our Board of Directors, Newton Campbell Jr.

He's an expert in artificial intelligence and the director of the Australian Remote Operations for Space and Earth, or Arose Consortium.

He'll tell us about his career journey, AI in space,

and Australia's first lunar rover, the Ruver.

But first, we go to Washington DC USA where our director of

government relations, Jek Corelli, held a briefing for congresspeople and

staffers. Discussions over the next fiscal year's budget for NASA continue and they'll have deep

impacts on the agency's programs and international partnerships.

Then we'll hear from Bruce Betts, the Chief Scientist of the Planetary Society, for What's Up and a new random space fact.

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Cosmos and are placed within it.

On June 28, 2024, the Planetary Society held a policy briefing in Washington, D.C. for U.S. congressional

staffers.

The event was a collaboration between us, the American Astronomical Society, the American Geophysical Union, and the Congressional

Planetary Science Caucus.

Space Exploration is an international effort, but as the most prominent space agency in the world,

funding for NASA's science programs has a profound impact on scientists and

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