Neil Gehrels and WFIRST—A Space Telescope for the 2020s

from Planetary Radio · host Mat Kaplan

NASA has given the go-ahead for creation of the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope. It might help reveal the nature of dark energy and point the way to life among the stars. Europe and Russia are celebrating the ExoMars spacecraft now headed for Mars. Emily Lakdawalla tells us why. Spacewalks, re-entry…traveling in space is hard and dangerous! Bruce Betts tells a harrowing tale or two on this week’s What’s Up. Bill Nye is on the road this week. Related links are here: http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/planetary-radio/show/2016/0314-wfirst-gehrels.html

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