8: Halo of Junk

Jason and Stephen talk about the not-so-impending doom facing Phobos and a bunch of other news before being joined by Emily Lakdawalla from The Planetary Society to discuss the future of solar system exploration.

Jason and Stephen talk about the not-so-impending doom facing Phobos and a bunch of other news before being joined by Emily Lakdawalla from The Planetary Society to discuss the future of solar system exploration.

This episode of Liftoff is sponsored by:
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Guest Starring:

Emily Lakdawalla

Links and Show Notes Attempt no landing there? Yeah right—we’re going to Europa | Ars Technica Sophomore Lit » Blog Archive » 011 Cat’s Cradle Stanford astronomers observe the birth of an alien planet | Stanford News Release Earth-Like Exoplanet May Be Too Radiation-Blasted to Host Life An explosive quartet | ESA/Hubble Astrophoto: Space station photo gets a seismic jiggle. Space station suffers small power failure, but it can’t be fixed until next year | The Verge NASA’s New Horizons Yields Wealth of Discovery | NASA Mars’ Moon Phobos is Slowly Falling Apart | NASA NASA's Deputy Administrator discusses agency's road-map to Mars in exclusive interview - SpaceFlight Insider Astronomers spy most distant Solar System object ever : Nature News & Comment Emily Lakdawalla | The Planetary Society Emily Lakdawalla (@elakdawalla) | Twitter Homepage | The Planetary Society Blogs | The Planetary Society Planetary Radio Program Archives | The Planetary Society Europa (moon) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Enceladus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Uranus | Planets - NASA Solar System Exploration Neptune | Planets - NASA Solar System Exploration