

Are We There Yet?
Central Florida Public Media
Your weekly podcast journey into the latest news, missions, and stories shaping space exploration.
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Dec 16, 2025 • 28min
A fresh look at the Outer Space Treaty
The Outer Space Treaty was negotiated during the Cold War, as space suddenly became a strategic war frontier. The treaty, signed by over 100 signatories, is the backbone of current space law and polity. Ely Sandler, a fellow at Harvard Kennedy School, believes the treaty doesn't keep up with the times.

Dec 9, 2025 • 28min
Starship in Florida, lightning on Mars
Starship will soon be launching from Florida, bringing the giant vehicle to Cape Canaveral. Plus, the Perseverance rover accidental discovered lightning on Mars.

Dec 2, 2025 • 28min
Starliner’s next move and a deep dive into Gemini program
Boeing’s Starliner could fly as early as next year, but without a crew. NASA has revised its original commercial crew contract with Boeing. Plus, the book “Gemini: Stepping Stone to the Moon, The Untold Story,” highlights the idea that the Gemini program was crucial to bringing the Apollo moon landings to fruition.

Nov 25, 2025 • 28min
“Rocket Dreams” chronicles trillion-dollar commercial space race
Washington Post’s Christian Davenport explores how Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are shaping a new commercial space industry

Nov 18, 2025 • 28min
The politics of space and the latest night sky observations
The politics behind NASA and space exploration, plus a look at what you can see in the skies this fall.

Nov 12, 2025 • 28min
A NASA nominee’s second shot and mimicking space environments here on Earth
Jared Isaacman has once again been nominated to be NASA's administrator. Plus, analog missions, or environments that mimic places like the moon and mars, are helping prepare humans for future missions in space.

Nov 5, 2025 • 28min
Launching a new mission to Mars
Blue Origin will launch its massive rocket, New Glenn, from Florida for the second time. The mission will also take two twin spacecraft to orbit Mars and study the planet’s magnetosphere.

Oct 28, 2025 • 28min
The spooks of science fiction and science fact
A critics favorite science fiction and horror films plus a look at the factual haunts of the cosmos.

Oct 21, 2025 • 28min
Federal funding and the future of space science missions
The future of the Juno mission is uncertain after the probe's extension ended on Sept. 30, right before the government shutdown. Plus, the OSIRIS-APEX mission continues on after almost being cancelled. The mission will study the asteroid Apophis as it flies close to Earth in 2029.

Oct 14, 2025 • 28min
Keeping space clean and developing a green thumb off planet
With over a 100 million pieces of space junk around our planet, scientists researchers, and the public are concerned over how we treat our world and the repercussions of leaving trash in space. Plus, we can learn a lot from plants on how space impacts biological life, like people.


