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    Explore "planetaryscience" with insightful episodes like "Mysteries of the Moon", "Planetary Scientists Are Excited About Uranus", "Extended Classic: Madame Saturn – A Conversation with Carolyn Porco (Part 2)", "Cosmic Queries: Comets and Asteroids with Dr. Amy Mainzer" and "What's Exploration Worth?" from podcasts like ""NASA's Curious Universe", "Short Wave", "StarTalk Radio", "StarTalk Radio" and "StarTalk Radio"" and more!

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    Planetary Scientists Are Excited About Uranus

    Planetary Scientists Are Excited About Uranus
    Probes to Uranus and to one of Jupiter's moons where conditions might support life; a better plan high-quality science on the moon--those are some of the recommendations in a new 700 page report to NASA. NPR science correspondent Nell Greenfieldboyce has looked at that report and talked to the experts. Today, she sifts through all the juicy details of where NASA is headed the next few decades.

    Read the decadal survey.

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    What's Exploration Worth?

    What's Exploration Worth?

    When the economy takes a downturn, should we still go up into space? NASA missions aren’t cheap—sending astronauts into low Earth orbit or to the Moon, sending robotic spacecraft to explore the planets, and launching telescopes into space can cost millions or even billions of dollars. Lou Friedman, director of the Planetary Society, argues that even when the dollar is dear, the quest to explore our universe is priceless.

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