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Planetary Radio: Space Policy Edition

125 - The Long Space Age with Alex MacDonald

Planetary Radio: Space Policy Edition

125 - The Long Space Age with Alex MacDonald

The politics, policy, and history behind space exploration.

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125 - The Long Space Age with Alex MacDonald

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117 - Change for the Sake of Disruption at NASA

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114 - China’s growing space science ambitions

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113 - Does the rise of Elon mean the fall of NASA?

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112 - Is this the moment for in-space nuclear power?

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111 - Are Democrats falling behind on space policy?

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110 - NASA’s 2026 budget

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108 - How NASA remembers—and forgets

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107 - Lies, damned lies, and space data

Fri, 04 Apr 2025
106 - Locke, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness (in space)

Fri, 07 Mar 2025
105 - Mars Sample Return, but at what (fixed) price?

Fri, 07 Feb 2025
104 - The Challenges of Change at NASA

Fri, 03 Jan 2025
103 - The Myth of Presidential Leadership

Fri, 13 Dec 2024
102 - NASA at a Crossroads

Fri, 01 Nov 2024
101 - The space policies of a Harris Administration

Fri, 04 Oct 2024
100 - The Space Policy of a Second Trump Administration

Fri, 06 Sep 2024
99 - Do we need a philosophy of space exploration?

Fri, 02 Aug 2024
98 - NASA and the American South

Fri, 05 Jul 2024
97 - Is Human Spaceflight a Religion?

Fri, 07 Jun 2024
96 - The power of the lunar sublime

Fri, 03 May 2024
95 - Real and Acceptable Reasons for Space Exploration

Fri, 05 Apr 2024
94 - The ahistorical era of commercial lunar exploration

Fri, 01 Mar 2024
93 - Space isn’t black — it’s grey

Fri, 02 Feb 2024
92 - India’s growing space ambitions

Fri, 05 Jan 2024
91 - Was the Space Shuttle a policy failure?

Fri, 01 Dec 2023
90 - What went wrong with Mars Sample Return

Fri, 03 Nov 2023
89 - Why lunar exploration must be of enduring national interest

Fri, 04 Aug 2023
88 - What’s Going on with: Congress, MSR, and FAA Reauthorization?

Fri, 07 Jul 2023
87 - The policy implications of active SETI

Fri, 02 Jun 2023
86 - SpaceX's Starship vs. the environment, with Eric Roesch

Fri, 05 May 2023
85 - The motives behind NASA's billions — Jean Toal Eisen on how Congress funds the final frontier

Fri, 07 Apr 2023
84 - The Tricky Ethics of Space Settlement

Fri, 03 Mar 2023
83 - The White House's Matt Daniels on the U.S.'s New Cislunar Strategy

Fri, 03 Feb 2023
82 - JPL Director wants "every brain" to have the chance to work in space exploration

Fri, 06 Jan 2023
81 - NASA's Economic Impact with Alex MacDonald and Joshua Drucker

Fri, 02 Dec 2022
80 - What the Congressional Midterms Mean for Space Science

Fri, 11 Nov 2022
79 - Space Policy Edition Bonus: Q&A with Casey Dreier and Bill Nye

Fri, 04 Nov 2022
78 - The Geopolitics of a Successful SETI Detection

Fri, 07 Oct 2022
77 - Mike Gold on Crafting the Artemis Accords

Fri, 02 Sep 2022
76 - Lori Garver on Bringing Change to NASA

Fri, 05 Aug 2022

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