On Episode 151 of this week in spaceRod Pyle and Tariq Malik Talk With Former Nasa Chief Scientist Jim Green about how we can search for technosignatures that might indicate advanced Civilizations in Other Sample Return, and his fascinating experience consulting on the movie, “The Martian!”
Also: This week's robotic landings on the moon – one successful, one partly so; What's up with the usaf x-37b mini-shuttle; And recent news on that energyzer bunnies of space, Voyagers 1 & 2. Their wings have been clipped a bit, but they just keep going … join us!
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About this week in space
This week in space Covers the new space age. Every Friday we take a deep dive into a fascinating topic. What's Happening with the new race to the moon and other planets? When will spacex really sent People to Mars?
Join rod pyle and tariq malik from space.com as they tackle those questions and More Each Week on Friday afternoons. You can subscribe today on your favorite podcatcher.
Rod Pyle is an author, journey, television producer and editor-in-chiff of Ad astra magazineHe has written 18 books on space history, exploration, and development, integration Space 2.0, Innovation the nasa way, Interplanetary robots, Blueprint for a Battlestar, Amazing stories of the space age, First on the moonand Destination Mars
In a previous life, rod produced numerous documents and short films for the history channel, discovery communications, and disney. He also worked in visual effects on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and the Battlestar Galactica Reboot, as well as various sci-fi tv pilots. His most recent TV credit was with the Natgeo Documentary on Tom Wolfe's Iconic Book The right stuff,
Responsible for space.com's editorial vision, tariq Malik has been the editor-in-chief of space.com since 2019 and has covered space news and Science for 18 years. He joined the space.com team in 2001, first as an intern and only after as a full-time spaceflight reporter covering human spaceflight, explocation, astronomy and the Night Sky. He became space.com's managing editor in 2009.
Tariq is an eagle scout (Yes, He Earned The Space Expliation Merit Badge), A Space Camp Veteran (4 Times as a Kid, Once as an adult), and have taken the Ultimate “Vomit comt” Zero-Gravity Fires. Before joining space.com, he served as a staff reporter for the los angeles Times Covening City and Education Beats. He has journalism degrees from the university of southern california and new york university.
