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The Story of Space Imaging with Carolyn “Madam Saturn” Porco

Jul 18, 2023

49:23

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Episode notes

Introduction

5min

The Day the Earth Smiled

2min

The History of Planetary Exploration

5min

The Allegory of the Human Condition

2min

The Cost of Pointing a Camera

6min

Cassini's Blue Dot

3min

The Pale Blue Dot With a Twist

2min

The Power of Smiles

3min

Earthrise From Apollo Eight

2min

10.

The Impact of the Cassini Mission on the Earth

4min

11.

Planetary Mission: Enceladus Land

2min

12.

The Future of Space

2min

13.

The James Webb Space Telescope and the Enceladus Plume

5min

14.

The Future of Telescopes

2min

15.

The End of the Night Sky

2min

16.

The Most Fascinating Thing You've Seen or Noticed

4min

17.

The Hexagon on Saturn's South Pole

2min

18.

The Great Red Spot

3min

How much has space imaging furthered our understanding of the Universe? Neil deGrasse Tyson and comedian Chuck Nice learn the story of cameras on space probes like Voyager and Cassini and the exciting science of Saturn with planetary scientist Carolyn Porco.

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Thanks to our Patrons Collin Money, Jeffery K Ogren, José Luis Pizano Escalante, Micheal Yablon, Artemis ma, and Paul Scott for supporting us this week.

Photo Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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