List of historical guests of Planetary Radio
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| Genre | Astronomy, Space Exploration |
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| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Home station | KUCI |
| Announcer | Mat Kaplan |
| Created by | Mat Kaplan |
| Produced by | Mat Kaplan |
| Original release | 2002 (at KUCI) – present |
| Website | http://planetary.org |
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Planetary Radio is a weekly internationally syndicated radio broadcast astronomy and astrophysics related science show available over the air, by satellite radio, and by podcast.
Historical guests (alphabetical)[edit]
Many guests have spoken over the years on many episodes. They include the following in the tables hereafter:
Table A-B[edit]
| Planetary Radio Alphabetical Surname Listing A-B | |||||||
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| Guest | Occupation | Episode (chronological) | Capacity/ Affiliation |
Topic | Interviewer | Original airdate (YYYYMMDD) |
Notes |
| Andrea Acomazzo | Operations manager | Rosetta Mission |
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| Mark Adler | Mission Manager - Mars Spirit Mission |
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| Tariq Adwan | Palestinian (Bethlehem) biology student; Co-Investigator - GOBBS |
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Experiment destroyed after episode by Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. GOBBS = growth of bacterial biofilms on surface during spaceflight. | ||||
| Michael A'Hearn | Astronomer | Principal Investigator | Deep Impact | 2 Episodes:
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| Bill Ailor | Director - Center for Orbital & Reentry Debris Studies, Aerospace Corporation | ||||||
| Buzz Aldrin | Astronaut | Apollo 11 | 5 Episodes:
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| Amir Alexander | Writer/Editor | planetary.org | |||||
| Claudia Alexander | Project Manager - Galileo Mission | ||||||
| Carlton Allen | Principal Investigator - MARVEL Program | ||||||
| Scott D. Altman | Astronaut | ||||||
| Bob Anderson | |||||||
| Clayton Anderson | Astronaut | ||||||
| David Anderson | Project Director - SETI@Home Project |
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| John Anderson | Senior Research Scientist, JPL | ||||||
| Nigel Angold | Operations Manager - Ulysses Mission | ||||||
| Heather Archuletta | Experimental test subject, NASA | ||||||
| Richard R. Arnold | Astronaut | Crew member - NEEMO 13 | |||||
| Sami Asmar | Manager - Radio Science Group, JPL | ||||||
| Tim Bailey | Space activist | ||||||
| Kevin Baines | JPL | ||||||
| Bruce Banerdt | Project Scientist - MER Project | ||||||
| Donald Banfield | Planetary Scientist | Cornell University | |||||
| Jay Barbree | Space correspondent, NBC network | ||||||
| Jacob Bean | Astronomer | Sagan Fellow, NASA | |||||
| Reta Beebe | Astronomer | ||||||
| James F. Bell, III | Professor, Cornell University | ||||||
| Gregory Benford | Astrophysicist/science fiction author | ||||||
| Jim Benford | |||||||
| Bob Benjamin | Research scientist | ||||||
| Steven A. Benner | Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution | ||||||
| Andrew Benson | Cosmologist | Caltech |
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| Bruce Betts | Director of Projects, The Planetary Society | ||||||
| Debbie Biggs | Educational Specialist, NASA | ||||||
| Alan Binder | Principal Investigator - Lunar Prospector Mission | ||||||
| Peter Birtwhistle | Amateur astronomer | ||||||
| Bill Blair | Astrophysicist | ||||||
| Scott Bolton | Principal Investigator - JUNO Mission | ||||||
| André Bormanis | Writer | Star Trek writer/consultant | |||||
| William Borucki | Principal Investigator - Kepler Mission | ||||||
| Bill Boynton | Lead Scientist - Phoenix TEGA | ||||||
| Ray Bradbury | Science fiction author | ||||||
| David Brin | Science fiction author | ||||||
| Michael E. Brown | Astronomer | Discoverer of Eris (dwarf planet), Caltech | 6 Episodes:
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| Donald E. Brownlee | Principal Investigator - Stardust Mission | ||||||
| Roger Buick | Professor, University of Washington | ||||||
| James Burke | Project Manager - Ranger Program | ||||||
| James D. Burke | Technical Editor - The Planetary Report, The Planetary Society | ||||||
| Don Burnett | Principal Investigator/Lead scientist - Genesis Mission | ||||||
Table C-D[edit]
| Planetary Radio Alphabetical Surname Listing C-D | |||||||
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| Guest | Occupation | Episode (chronological) | Capacity/ Affiliation |
Topic | Interviewer | Original airdate (YYYYMMDD) |
Notes |
| Mike Callahan | Goddard Spaceflight Center, NASA | ||||||
| John Callas | Program Manager - MER | ||||||
| James Cameron | Director/Producer/Writer | ||||||
| John Casani | Project Manager - Prometheus Project | ||||||
| Robert Cassanova | Director - Institute for Advanced Concepts, NASA | ||||||
| Andrew Chaikin | Author | ||||||
| David Charbonneau | Astronomer | Harvard | |||||
| Neil Cheatwood | Principal Investigator | ||||||
| Phil Christensen | Planetary Scientist | Arizona State University | |||||
| Ben Clark | Chief Scientist - Space Exploration, Lockheed Martin | ||||||
| Arthur C. Clarke | Science fiction author | 4 Episodes:
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| Geoffrey Collins | Planetary Scientist | ||||||
| Joy Crisp | Project Scientist - MER | ||||||
| Carolyn Crow | Faculty Research Assistant, University of Maryland | ||||||
| Glen Cushing | Planetary Scientist | ||||||
| Shana Dale | Deputy Administrator, NASA | ||||||
| Thomas Dame | Radio Astronomer | ||||||
| Paul Davies | Cosmologist | ||||||
| Matt Dawson | |||||||
| Imke de Pater | Astronomer | ||||||
| John Delaney | Oceanographer | ||||||
| Greg Delorey | Developer | Mars Microphone | |||||
| Tilmann Denk | Free University of Berlin | ||||||
| Peter Diamandis | Chairman - X Prize Foundation | ||||||
| Don Dixon (artist) | Space Artist | ||||||
| Laurance Doyle | Principal Investigator | ||||||
| Frank Drake | SETI Institute | ||||||
| Courtney Dressing | Student astronaut | ||||||
| Ann Druyan | |||||||
| Dan Durda | Astronomer, Astronomical artist | NEO | |||||
| Tom Duxbury | JPL | ||||||
| Freeman Dyson | |||||||
Table E-G[edit]
| Planetary Radio Alphabetical Surname Listing E-G | |||||||
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| Guest | Occupation | Episode (chronological) | Capacity/ Affiliation |
Topic | Interviewer | Original airdate (YYYYMMDD) |
Notes |
| Ken Edgett | Malin Space Science Systems | ||||||
| Charles Elachi | Director - JPL | ||||||
| Annmarie Eldering | Deputy Manager - Earth Atmospheric Science Section, JPL | ||||||
| Richard Ellis | Astronomer | Professor - Astronomy, Caltech | |||||
| Doug Ellison | Founder - unmannedspaceflight.com | ||||||
| Jim Erickson | Project Manager - MER | ||||||
| Francis Everitt | Principal Investigator - Gravity Probe B | ||||||
| Wolfgang Fink | Physicist/Roboticist | Caltech | |||||
| Debra Fischer | Astronomer | ||||||
| Bernard Foing | Chief Scientist - ESA Project Scientist - SMART-1 |
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| Jonathan Frakes | Director - Thunderbirds | ||||||
| Louis Friedman | Executive Director - The Planetary Society | ||||||
| Satoshi Furukawa | Crew member - NEEMO 13 | ||||||
| Daniel Gaines | Engineer | JPL | |||||
| Owen K. Garriott | Astronaut | ||||||
| Lori Garver | (Former) Associate Administrator for Policy and Plans, NASA | ||||||
| James Garvin | Chief Scientist, NASA | ||||||
| Scott Gaudi | Astronomer | ||||||
| Pamela L. Gay | Astronomer | Co-host - Astronomy Cast | |||||
| Neil Gehrels | Principal Investigator - Swift | ||||||
| Mark Gittelman | Vice President & General Manager - Oceaneering Space Systems | ||||||
| Walter Goetz | Magnet team member - MER, University of Copenhagen | ||||||
| Dan Goldin | |||||||
| Barry Goldstein | Project Manager - Phoenix | ||||||
| Matt Golombek | Co-Chair - MER Landing Site | ||||||
| Jim Graf | Project Manager - MRO | ||||||
| Douglas Graham | XCOR Aerospace | ||||||
| Stephen Grasby | Geologic Survey of Canada | ||||||
| Jeff Greason | CEO - XCOR Aerospace | ||||||
| Jack Gregg | Head - California Space Education & Workforce Institute | ||||||
| Michael Griffin | NASA Administrator | ||||||
| Javier Guedes | Astrophysicist | ||||||
| Lika Guhathakurta | Program Scientist - Solar Probe Plus | ||||||
| Don Gurnett | Team Lead - Radio and Plasma Wave Science, Cassini Mission | ||||||
| Pablo Gutierrez-Marques | Framing Camera Flight Manager - DAWN Mission | ||||||
Table H-K[edit]
| Planetary Radio Alphabetical Surname Listing H-K | |||||||
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| Guest | Occupation | Episode (chronological) | Capacity/ Affiliation |
Topic | Interviewer | Original airdate (YYYYMMDD) |
Notes |
| Albert Haldemann | Deputy Project Scientist - MER | ||||||
| Howard Hall | Under the Sea 3D | ||||||
| Michelle Hall | Under the Sea 3D | ||||||
| Heidi Hammel | Planetary Scientist | Board Member - The Planetary Society | |||||
| Rick Hanton | Chair - SEDS (USA) | ||||||
| Joe Harrington | Team Member - Spitzer Space Telescope | ||||||
| Alan W. Harris | NEO | ||||||
| William Kenneth Hartmann | Planetary Scientist | ||||||
| Stephen Hawking | Physicist | ||||||
| Amanda Hendrix | Planetary Scientist | LRO Participating Scientist | lunar water | ||||
| Ken Herkenhoff | Lead Scientist - Microscopic Imager, MER | ||||||
| Homer Hickam | Engineer | (Former) Engineer, NASA | |||||
| Paul Hill | |||||||
| Victoria Hipkin | Lead Scientist - Phoenix MET | ||||||
| Jeff Hoffman | Astronaut | ||||||
| Mark Hofstadter | JPL | ||||||
| Robert Holmes | Shoemaker NEO grant recipient | ||||||
| Jack Holt | University of Texas, Austin | ||||||
| Paul Horowitz | Astrophysicist | Harvard | |||||
| Robert Lee Hotz | Science writer | Los Angeles Times; Pulitzer Prize winner | |||||
| Justin Houchin | Student | May be first teenager in space. | |||||
| Andrew Howard | |||||||
| Steve Howell | Astrophysicist | ||||||
| Steve Hughes | Engineer | Lead Engineer - IRVE | |||||
| Wes Huntress | (Former) Associate Administrator, NASA; President - The Planetary Society | ||||||
| Wendy Jaeger | Planetary scientist | ||||||
| Thomas Janka | Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics | ||||||
| Lindley Johnson | NASA | ||||||
| Torrence Johnson | |||||||
| Thomas David Jones | Astronaut | ||||||
| Mat Kaplan | Producer | Host - Planetary Radio | |||||
| Junichiro Kawaguchi | Project Manager - Hayabusa Mission | ||||||
| Charles Kennel | Chair - Space Studies Board | ||||||
| Bettyann Kevles | Author | ||||||
| Vickie Kloeris | Food scientist, NASA | ||||||
| Andrew Knoll | Biologist | Harvard University; Science Team Member - MER | |||||
| Charley Kohlhase | Engineer/Artist | Designer - Cassini-Huygens Mission | |||||
| Detlef Koschny | European Space Operations Centre | ||||||
| Michael Krepon | Head - Space Security Project | ||||||
| Liz Kruesi | Astrophysicist | Graduate student | |||||
Table L-M[edit]
| Planetary Radio Alphabetical Surname Listing L-M | |||||||
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| Guest | Occupation | Episode (chronological) | Capacity/ Affiliation |
Topic | Interviewer | Original airdate (YYYYMMDD) |
Notes |
| Emily Lakdawalla | Science & Technology Coordinator, The Planetary Society | ||||||
| Yuval Landau | Israeli medical student; Co-Investigator - GOBBS |
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Experiment destroyed after episode by Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. GOBBS = growth of bacterial biofilms on surface during spaceflight. | ||||
| Lonne Lane | JPL | ||||||
| Jean-Pierre Lebreton | Manager/Project Scientist - Cassini-Huygens Mission | ||||||
| Wayne Lee | Chief Engineer - Descent & Landing, MER Entry | ||||||
| Guillermo Lemarchand | Director - Southern SETI | ||||||
| Mark Lemmon | Lead Scientist - Phoenix SSI | ||||||
| Laurie Leshin | Principal Investigator - SCIM | ||||||
| Joel Levine | Principal Investigator - ARES | ||||||
| Hal Levison | Southwest Research Institute | ||||||
| Chris Lewicki | Flight Director - MER | ||||||
| John Lewis | Planetary Scientist | ||||||
| Tim Lilburn | Scientist - ATCC | ||||||
| Slava Linkin | Russian Federation Space Research Institute | ||||||
| Alexis Livanos | President - Space Technology, Northrup Grumman | ||||||
| Mario Livio | Space Telescope Science Institute | ||||||
| Daniel Lockney | Editor - Annual Spinoff Report, NASA | ||||||
| Jon Lomberg | Director - Visions of Mars Project | ||||||
| Rosaly Lopes | |||||||
| M.G. Lord | Author | Astro Turf: The Private Life of Rocket Science | |||||
| Ralph Lorenz | Planetary Scientist | ||||||
| Christophe Lovis | Geneva Observatory | ||||||
| Sandy Magnus | Astronaut | ||||||
| Rob Manning | Development Manager - Entry, Descent & Landing - MER | ||||||
| Geoffrey Marcy | Astronomer | UC Berkeley | |||||
| Brian Marsden | Retired Director - IAU Minor Planet Center | ||||||
| Robin Mason | Film Producer | Wife of Todd. | |||||
| Todd Mason | Film Producer | Husband of Robin. | |||||
| Richard Massey | Astronomer | ||||||
| Jake Maule | AMASE (Arctic Mars Analogue Svalbard Expedition) | ||||||
| Peter Mayer | Folksinger | ||||||
| Hal McAlister | Director - Mount Wilson Institute |
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| Patrick McCarthy | Director - GMT (Giant Magellan Telescope) | ||||||
| Dan McClese | Principal Investigator - Mars Climate Sounder (Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter) | ||||||
| Art McDonald | Director - Sudbury Neutrino Observatory | ||||||
| Alfred McEwen | Principal Investigator - HiRISE | ||||||
| Lucy McFadden | Planetary Scientist | ||||||
| James McGaha | Amateur Astronomer | ||||||
| Chris McKay | Planetary Scientist | ||||||
| Bill McKinnon | Planetary Scientist | ||||||
| Curtis Mead | Research Assistant - All-Sky Optical SETI | ||||||
| Abel Mendez | Associate Professor - University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo | ||||||
| Michael Meyer | Astronomer | University of Arizona | |||||
| Neil Milburn | Vice President & Co-Founder - Armadillo Aerospace | ||||||
| Berrien Moore | Executive Director - Climate Central | ||||||
| Rafael Morozowski | Student astronaut | ||||||
| David Morrison | Interim Director - Lunar Science Institute | ||||||
| Philip Morrison | Physicist | SETI pioneer | |||||
| Michael Mumma | Director - Goddard Center for Astrobiology, NASA | ||||||
| Bruce Murray | Co-Founder - The Planetary Society | ||||||
| Elon Musk | Founder - SpaceX | ||||||
| Toni Myers | Producer/Director | ||||||
Table N-S[edit]
| Planetary Radio Alphabetical Surname Listing N-S | |||||||
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| Guest | Occupation | Episode (chronological) | Capacity/ Affiliation |
Topic | Interviewer | Original airdate (YYYYMMDD) |
Notes |
| Glen Nagle | Education & Outreach Manager - Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex | ||||||
| Rafael Navarro-Gonzalez | Researcher | ||||||
| Gerhard Neukum | |||||||
| Bob Nichol | Scientific Spokesperson - Sloan Digital Sky Survey | ||||||
| Nichelle Nichols | Actress | Star Trek | |||||
| Bill Nye | The Science Guy | ||||||
| James Oberg | Writer | Expert - international space programs | |||||
| Adriana Ocampo | Senior scientist - ESA | ||||||
| Michael Okuda | Star Trek | ||||||
| Steve Ostro | Radar astronomer | ||||||
| Tobias Owen | Planetary Scientist | ||||||
| Larry Page | Co-Founder - Google | ||||||
| Robert (Bob) Pappalardo | |||||||
| Tim Parker | JPL | ||||||
| Nicholas Patrick | NEEMO 13 Crew | ||||||
| Robert Picardo | Actor | Star Trek | |||||
| Carle Pieters | Planetary Scientist | ||||||
| Phil Plait | The Bad Astronomer | ||||||
| Jeffrey Plaut | JPL | ||||||
| Tom Prince | Physicist | ||||||
| Linda Purl | Actress | ||||||
| Margaret Race | Ecologist | ||||||
| Jon Ramer | Space artist | ||||||
| Lisa Randall | Physicist | Harvard | |||||
| Melissa Rauch | Actress | The Big Bang Theory | |||||
| Marc Rayman | Engineer | Project System Engineer - DAWN Mission | |||||
| Nilton Renno | University of Michigan | ||||||
| John Rhys-Davies | |||||||
| Jeff Richichi | Director - Structural Design, SpaceX | ||||||
| Andrew Rivkin | Planetary Scientist | ||||||
| Mary Roach | Author | ||||||
| Massimo Robberto | Astronomer | ||||||
| Kim Stanley Robinson | Science fiction author | ||||||
| Rod Roddenberry | Writer | ||||||
| Alexis Rodriguez | Research scientist | Planetary Science Institute | |||||
| Lawrence Rudnick | Astronomer | ||||||
| John Rummel | |||||||
| Sally Ride | Astronaut | First U.S. woman in space | |||||
| Chris Russell | Principal Investigator - DAWN | ||||||
| Burt Rutan | SpaceShipOne | ||||||
| Roald Sagdeev | Former Director - Soviet Space Research Institute | ||||||
| Gerry Sanders | In Situ Resource Utilization Project, NASA | ||||||
| Scott Sanford | Co-Investigator - Stardust | ||||||
| Harrison Schmitt | Astronaut | Moonwalker | |||||
| Gerhard Schwehm | Scientist - Rosetta Project | ||||||
| Rusty Schweickart | Astronaut | Apollo 9; Chairman - B612 Foundation | |||||
| Ben Shelef | Founder - Spaceward Foundation | ||||||
| Donna Shirley | Advisory Council - The Planetary Society | ||||||
| Seth Shostak | SETI Institute | ||||||
| Mark Showalter | Planetary Astronomer | ||||||
| Mike Simmons | Astronomer |
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| Amy Smith | Scientist | ATCC | |||||
| Peter Smith | Principal Investigator - Phoenix Mission | ||||||
| Dava Sobel | Author | ||||||
| B. Thomas Soifer | Director - Spitzer Science Center | ||||||
| Claudio Sollazzo | Operations Manager | ||||||
| Sean Solomon | Principal Investigator - MESSENGER | ||||||
| John Spencer | President & Founder - Space Tourism Society | ||||||
| Linda Spilker | Project Scientist - Cassini | ||||||
| Tom Spilker | Engineer | JPL | |||||
| Steve Squyres | Principal Investigator - Athena science payloads, MER rovers | ||||||
| Andrew Stanton | Creator - WALL-E | ||||||
| Andrew Steele | AMASE (Arctic Mars Analogue Svalbard Expedition) | ||||||
| Alan Stern | Principal Investigator - New Horizons Mission (Pluto) | ||||||
| David Stevenson | Planetary scientist | Caltech | |||||
| Ellen Stofan | Radar Team - Cassini | ||||||
| Ed Stone | Chief Scientist - Voyager Interstellar Mission | ||||||
| Woody Sullivan | Astronomer | University of Washington | |||||
| Jessica Sunshine | Spectroscopist | Co-Investigator - Deep Impact | |||||
| Hakan Svedhem | Project Scientist - Venus Express | ||||||
| Mark Swain | JPL | ||||||
| Mark Sykes | Director - Planetary Science Institute | ||||||
Table T-Z[edit]
| Planetary Radio Alphabetical Surname Listing T-Z | |||||||
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| Guest | Occupation | Episode (chronological) | Capacity/ Affiliation |
Topic | Interviewer | Original airdate (YYYYMMDD) |
Notes |
| Alex Tai | Vice President - Operations, Virgin Galactic | ||||||
| Kenneth Tanaka | USGS | ||||||
| Jill Tarter | SETI Institute | ||||||
| Stacy Tearne | Communications Director - Space Adventures | ||||||
| Robert Bruce Thompson | Author | Co-author - Illustrated Guide to Astronomical Wonders | |||||
| Tim Titus | Planetary Scientist | ||||||
| Clyde Tombaugh | Astronomer | Discoverer of Pluto | |||||
| Roy Tucker | |||||||
| Elizabeth Turtle | Planetary Scientist | ||||||
| Slava Turyshev | Research Scientist | JPL | |||||
| Neil deGrasse Tyson | Astronomer | Director - Hayden Planetarium | |||||
| Stephane Udry | Astronomer | ||||||
| Mark Uhran | Assistant Associate Administrator (International Space Station), NASA | ||||||
| Jurrie van der Woude | |||||||
| Max Vasile | University of Glasgow | ||||||
| Faith Vilas | Planetary Science Institute | ||||||
| John Vilja | Rocketdyne Program Manager, Pratt & Whitney | ||||||
| Richard Vondrak | Project Scientist - Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter | ||||||
| Mary Voytek | Program Director - Astrobiology, NASA | ||||||
| Bettye Walker | Co-Founder - A-Man International Science Discovery & Learning Center | ||||||
| Hal Walker | Co-Founder - A-Man International Science Discovery & Learning Center | ||||||
| Steve Wall | Deputy Team Leader - Cassini RADAR | ||||||
| David Warmflash | Astrobiology Institute, NASA |
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| Edward Weiler | Associate Administrator, NASA | ||||||
| Dan Wertheimer | SETI Chief Scientist, UC Berkeley | ||||||
| Andrew Westphal | Science Team Member, Stardust | ||||||
| Cheryl Wheeler | Singer/songwriter | ||||||
| Roger Wiens | Team Member, Genesis Mission | ||||||
| Mark Wolverton | Author | ||||||
| Al Worden | Astronaut | Command Module Pilot - Apollo 15 | |||||
| Ned Wright | Principal Investigator - WISE | ||||||
| Beth Wusk | Project Manager - IRVE | ||||||
| J. Judson Wynne | Speleologist | USGS | |||||
| Quanzhi Ye | Grant recipient - Shoemaker NEO Program | ||||||
| Don Yeomans | Manager - NEO Program Office, NASA | ||||||
| John Young | Astronaut | ||||||
| Alexander V. Zakharov | Russian Space Research Institute | ||||||
| Robert Zubrin | Aerospace engineer/author | Founder - The Mars Society | |||||
| Richard Zurek | Project Scientist - MRO | ||||||
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