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Chasing New Horizons, continued
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English - May 24, 2018 14:47 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsNatural Sciences Science Social Sciences politics business entrepreneurship interview health comedy news culture science leadership Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In 2015, the New Horizons Spacecraft flew past Pluto. Because Pluto is so far away, it took nearly 10 years of travel for the spacecraft to reach that distant dwarf planet — and that was after a decade of work to get the spacecraft to the launch pad. Planetary scientists Alan Stern and David Grinspoon … Continue reading "Chasing New Horizons, continued"
In 2015, the New Horizons Spacecraft flew past Pluto. Because Pluto is so far away, it took nearly 10 years of travel for the spacecraft to reach that distant dwarf planet — and that was after a decade of work to get the spacecraft to the launch pad. Planetary scientists Alan Stern and David Grinspoon have written a new book, called: “Chasing New Horizons: Inside the Epic First Mission to Pluto”. The book tells the story of developing and operating the New Horizon mission.
How on Earth’s own Joel Parker is also a scientist on the New Horizons mission, and he had a chance to chat with Alan and David about their book. Last week we heard the first part of this interview. In today’s show, we present Part 2 of that interview. You can also listen to the full extended interview.
Host/Producer: Alejandro Soto
Engineer: Chip Grandits
Add’l Contributions/Executive Producer: Joel Parker