Tasting the Air of Distant Worlds

Planetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science

The Planetary Society

Technology, Science

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2013

⏱️ 32 minutes

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There will soon be one thousand confirmed exoplanets, but how do we learn more about such distant worlds? We talk to the leader of a team that has recently developed technology capable of revealing the spectra of these planets, which allows us to tease apart their composition. Emily Lakdawalla invites you to find the next “face” on Mars, while Bill Nye says another asteroid flyby is good news. Our special What’s Up space trivia contest prize will put your picture in orbit!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello again, podcast people. Just wanted to give you a heads up about an opportunity that will be mentioned during the What's Up segment with Bruce today.
0:09.0	As space geeks, you probably know about planetary resources, and you may have heard my recent conversation
0:14.8	with the company's president and chief engineer Chris Lewicki.
0:18.4	So you probably know that they are closing in on their Kickstarter goal of $1 million for the Archid 100 Citizen Space
0:27.2	Telescope.
0:28.8	What you may not know about is a special benefit for everyone who contributes $99 or more.
0:34.0	In addition to getting an HD quality space selfie,
0:38.0	you get a one-year membership in the Planetary Society.
0:42.0	Yay!
0:43.0	So now you know why I've brought this up.
0:45.0	You can learn more by going to kickstarter.com and searching for the Archid campaign,
0:50.0	that's ARKYD.
0:52.0	We've also got a link on this week's show page at Plano. that's AR K-Y-D.
0:52.8	We've also got a link on this week's show page
0:54.7	at planetary.org slash radio.
0:57.1	Just one more news note.
0:58.8	One or more of you out there nominated planetary radio
1:02.2	for a PARek Award.
1:03.7	So now we're in the running.
1:05.5	Thank you so much.
1:06.7	Here's this week's show.
1:10.7	Tasting the air of distant worlds this week on planetary radio.
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