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Sailing to an Asteroid on the Light of the Sun
FromPlanetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science
Sailing to an Asteroid on the Light of the Sun
FromPlanetary Radio: Space Exploration, Astronomy and Science
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Length:
49 minutes
Released:
Oct 24, 2018
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Podcast episode
Description
LightSail 2 is not the only solar sail in the universe. NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center and the Jet Propulsion Lab are preparing to send NEA Scout on a long, light-propelled journey to a near Earth asteroid. Principal Investigator Les Johnson shares his excitement about this interplanetary cubesat. Emily Lakdawalla reports in from southern France following the successful start of the BepiColombo mission to Mercury. Don’t know a primorial from a primordial? No worries. Bruce Betts will throw both into the soup as he ladles out a new space trivia contest. Learn more at: http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/planetary-radio/show/2018/1024-2018-les-johnson-nea-scout.html Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Oct 24, 2018
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