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Spacepod

By: Carrie Nugent
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  • Hear stories about alien moons, cold stars, and the future of space exploration. Hosted by Dr. Carrie Nugent, it's the only show that gets NASA experts to try unusual drinks.
    Copyright 2015, Carrie Nugent. All rights reserved.
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  • 219: Breaking the models with Dr. Merrison

    219: Breaking the models with Dr. Merrison
    Apr 22 2024

    Dr. Jon Merrison talks about the Mars Simulation Laboratory. Here, scientists study what happens in low temperature, low pressure, windy environments. He says visiting scientists often "come to our lab with some idea based on the conventional model and go away with data which makes no sense to them."
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    32 mins
  • 218: Anything we try is new with Dr. Cable

    218: Anything we try is new with Dr. Cable
    Mar 24 2024

    Dr. Morgan Cable returns to the show after nine years! She tells us how she creates new minerals in her laboratory. She explains how this work helps shape NASA's Dragonfly mission. She encourages listeners to have confidence in their results.
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    27 mins
  • 217: A beautiful experience with Dr. Villanueva

    217: A beautiful experience with Dr. Villanueva
    Feb 19 2024

    Dr. Geronimo Villanueva tells us about solar system discoveries with JWST. He talks about several projects, including observing water plumes from Saturn's moon Europa and looking for rings around Mars. He shares what it feels like to use this incredible space telescope. 
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    27 mins
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Scratches my nerdy itch just right!

Recently discovered this podcast as part of a research passion project on planetary defense. Carrie does a great job of shortcutting me to fascinating people and giving just a taste of their work so I can go find more. While the drink tradition is a little cheesy as an icebreaker (admitting I've used it as well in my work), it helps humanize people who could just be floating voices. She's also well-versed enough to help translate some of the more technical pieces of others' work and makes a wonderfully useful effort to do so. In a golden age of astronomical discovery, this is a superb exploration of some of the fast-developing niches of planetary science. Please keep it up!

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