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Planetary Radio: Space Policy Edition — 121 episodes

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Why humans matter — The philosophy of Artemis II

2

Return to Launch — Cape Canaveral's unlikely history

3

Is there really a space race between the US and China?

4

What a NASA Authorization bill actually does

5

Change for the Sake of Disruption at NASA

6

The Moral Case for Space Science

7

Should a (potential) biosignature revive Mars Sample Return?

8

China’s growing space science ambitions

9

Does the rise of Elon mean the fall of NASA?

10

Is this the moment for in-space nuclear power?

11

Are Democrats falling behind on space policy?

12

NASA’s 2026 budget

13

What does NASA need with an economist?

14

How NASA remembers—and forgets

15

Lies, damned lies, and space data

16

Locke, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness (in space)

17

Mars Sample Return, but at what (fixed) price?

18

The Challenges of Change at NASA

19

The Myth of Presidential Leadership

20

NASA at a Crossroads

21

The space policies of a Harris Administration

22

The Space Policy of a Second Trump Administration

23

Do we need a philosophy of space exploration?

24

NASA and the American South

25

Is Human Spaceflight a Religion?

26

The power of the lunar sublime

27

Real and Acceptable Reasons for Space Exploration

28

The ahistorical era of commercial lunar exploration

29

Space isn’t black — it’s grey

30

India’s growing space ambitions

31

Was the Space Shuttle a policy failure?

32

What went wrong with Mars Sample Return

33

Why lunar exploration must be of enduring national interest

34

What’s Going on with: Congress, MSR, and FAA Reauthorization?

35

The policy implications of active SETI

36

SpaceX's Starship vs. the environment, with Eric Roesch

37

The motives behind NASA's billions — Jean Toal Eisen on how Congress funds the final frontier

38

The Tricky Ethics of Space Settlement

39

The White House's Matt Daniels on the U.S.'s New Cislunar Strategy

40

JPL Director wants "every brain" to have the chance to work in space exploration

41

NASA's Economic Impact with Alex MacDonald and Joshua Drucker

42

What the Congressional Midterms Mean for Space Science

43

Space Policy Edition Bonus: Q&A with Casey Dreier and Bill Nye

44

The Geopolitics of a Successful SETI Detection

45

Mike Gold on Crafting the Artemis Accords

46

Lori Garver on Bringing Change to NASA

47

Pathfinder and the Birth of the Discovery Program

48

Inside the Planetary Science Decadal Survey Process with Bethany Ehlmann

49

How Russia's Invasion of Ukraine Has Changed Space, with Mariel Borowitz

50

NASA's 2023 Budget Request

51

Why are outer planets missions so expensive?

52

JWST and the politics of mega-science (with Robert Smith)

53

What We're Watching in 2022

54

Astronomy goes big, with Heidi Hammel

55

We're entering a new era of planetary defense (with Lindley Johnson)

56

NASA's Congressional Logjam

57

The cultural rituals of space advocacy, with Linda Billings

58

Mars via the Nuclear Option

59

The Pentagon's UFO Report, Featuring Sarah Scoles

60

NASA's 2022 Budget Request Says "Yes"

61

How Starship at the Moon Brings NASA Closer to Mars

62

Biden Names His NASA Administrator

63

SpaceX's Early, Desperate Days (with Eric Berger)

64

The Big Picture on U.S. Science Funding

65

A Mob at the U.S. Capitol

66

Operation Moonglow and the Global Impact of Apollo

67

NASA's Post-Election Landscape

68

Divining Biden's Space Policy with Jeff Foust

69

The Moon-to-Mars Strategy, with Dr. Scott Pace

70

Why the SLS is a National Asset, and Why That Matters

71

A Trillion-Dollar Space Economy?

72

NASA’s Gamble Pays Off

73

Our Moral Obligation to Explore Space

74

Our Equinox Space Policy Briefing

75

NASA's 2021 Budget Request Brings Billions

76

Is the Moon a Stepping-Stone or a Cornerstone for Mars? (with Laura Seward Forczyk)

77

Houston, We Have a Space Force (with Brian Weeden)

78

The Biggest Policy Moments of the Decade (with Marcia Smith)

79

How a Report Can Move Mountains

80

Happy Fiscal New Year!

81

Why Apollo Ended (with John Logsdon)

82

The Home Front During Apollo (with Emily Margolis)

83

Why Apollo Happened (with Roger Launius)

84

The Soviet Moonshot (with Asif Siddiqi)

85

Lessons From the Moonshot That Never Was (with Mark Albrecht)

86

T-minus Five Years and Counting

87

When a (Space) Cowboy Came to Washington

88

Should the U.S. be in a space race with China?

89

Shutdown

90

Canada's Uncertain Future in Space (with Kate Howells)

91

After the Midterms—Looking Ahead with Marcia Smith

92

How NASA Came to Be

93

Did NASA Ace its Midterms? With Special Guest Louise Prockter

94

Destination…Mars? Contradictions and Principles

95

Space Force! With Special Guest Brian Weeden

96

Space Policy Directive 2—This Time it's Commercial

97

A Commercial Future for the Space Station?

98

Lori Garver on what a NASA Administrator (and Deputy) actually does

99

Space Policy Edition #23 - Blitzing Congress: Planetary Society volunteers visit Capitol Hill

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Space Policy Edition Special: The 2019 President’s Budget Request Unveiled

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Space Policy Edition #21: Bill Nye and the State of the Union

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Space Policy Edition #20: Looking back on the year in space policy. Also, your questions!

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Space Policy Edition #19: When did the private space age begin? Much earlier than you think.

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Space Policy Edition #18: Jim Bridenstine vs. the Senate and First Meeting of the National Space Council

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Space Policy Edition #17: The 75th Anniversary of the Rocket Age, with Dr. Michael Neufeld

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Space Policy Edition #16: NASA's Flagship Missions: Are They Worth It?

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Space Policy Edition #15 – Congressman Rick Larsen, Could Russia Exit the ISS?

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Space Policy Edition #14 – Ice Giants and Ocean Worlds Beckon

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Space Policy Edition #13 – The 2018 Budget Proposal and Is Mars Exploration in Retrograde?

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Space Policy Edition #12 – Is Space Policy Stagnant? With Special Guest Marcia Smith

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Space Policy Edition #11 – Big Science and a Skinny Budget

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Space Policy Edition #10 - Special Guest Laura Delgado Lopez, SpaceX to the Moon, looming budget cuts

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Space Policy Edition #9: Congress Plots New Space Legislation Amid Trump's Tumultuous First Two Weeks

114

Space Policy Edition #8 - A Transition "Trumpdate", 2016 in Review, and Answering Your Questions

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Space Policy Edition #7 - The Trump Administration: What Can We Expect for Space?

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Space Policy Edition #6: Election 2016! Where Do Clinton and Trump Stand on Space?

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Space Policy Edition #5: The U.S. Senate takes on the politics of Mars

118

Space Policy Edition #4: Near Earth Asteroids—Why we go, how we find them, and maybe mine them

119

Space Policy Edition #3: Plutonium-238, Europa via SLS, Cost of the Next Mars Rover Rises

120

Space Policy Edition #2: Why Juno? Why Jupiter? Why Now?

121

Space Policy Edition #1: How We Got Here: Human Spaceflight at the End of the Obama Era