Mat Kaplan
- Username: MatKaplan
- Producer/Host
- Role: Producer/Reporter: Independent
Recent Pieces from Mat Kaplan
Apollo 12’s 50th and Sharing Your Personal Space Goals
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From: Mat Kaplan
Jason Davis helps us celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 12. The Planetary Society wants to hear your space goals, accomplishments and dreams! And Bruce Betts reveals ...
Finding Wonder and Meaning in a Book by Carl Sagan’s Daughter
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From: Mat Kaplan
Bill Nye says of Sasha Sagan’s new book, “Sagan finds the meaning of life everywhere—with her family, around the world, and especially among the stars of the cosmos. Read her ...
How Long Was Mars Wet?
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From: Mat Kaplan
Planetary scientist Briony Horgan and her team want to know how long liquid water flowed on the surface of the Red Planet before that world froze. Long enough for life to ...
NASA’s Home for the Bleeding Edge: The 2019 NIAC Symposium
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From: Mat Kaplan
The NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts program gathers its “fellows” each year to share what they’ve learned about some of the most fascinating science and engineering ...
Nobel Prize Winner Michel Mayor…and More
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From: Mat Kaplan
Astronomer and astrophysicist Michel Mayor has just been awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize for physics. Listen to Mat’s 2016 conversation with this revered scientist, the first to ...
How to Defend Your Planet
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From: Mat Kaplan
Planetary scientist Vishnu Reddy studies space objects ranging from satellite debris to planet-killing asteroids. He shares the status of our effort to avoid the fate of the ...
Ad Astra: The Movie!
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From: Mat Kaplan
Brad Pitt sets out across the solar system to save Earth in the new space epic. Host Mat Kaplan enjoys a far-reaching conversation with the co-screenwriter of Ad Astra that ...
At the 2019 Starship Congress with David Brin
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From: Mat Kaplan
Science fiction writer and futurist David Brin is one of our favorite guests. Finding him at the just-completed Starship Congress in San Diego, California was no surprise. ...
The Unexpected Space Center: Los Alamos National Laboratory
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From: Mat Kaplan
This US research center has been part of more than 200 space missions, but it’s not a NASA facility! The Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico accidentally invented ...
