On Episode 112 of This Week In Space, Rod and Tariq talk with Rob Manning, Chief Engineer Emeritus of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, about Mars exploration and, in particular, Mars Sample Return.
As we discussed in episode 107, that project is in a bit of trouble. Rob was the Chief Engineer of every Mars rover up through Perseverance and the overall Chief Engineer on Perseverance, and he has some unique insights on how we have explored Mars, why it matters, and what the future holds... especially with regard to returning samples to Earth. Join us!
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Space news of the week
- Boeing Starliner Delayed again
- Europe's Euclid unveils Cosmic Light
- Rethinking Mars Sample Return
- Rob Manning
- NASA Mars Science
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Host of This Week In Space on TWiT
Host of This Week In Space on TWiT
Rod Pyle
Rod Pyleis an author, journalist, television producer and Editor-in-Chief ofAd Astramagazine. He has written18 bookson space history, exploration, and development, includingSpace 2.0,Innovation the NASA Way,Interplanetary Robots,Blueprint for a Battlestar,Amazing Stories of the Space Age,First On the Moon, andDestination Mars
In a previous life, Rod produced numerous documentaries and short films for The History Channel, Discovery Communications, and Disney. He also worked in visual effects onStar Trek: Deep Space Nineand theBattlestar Galacticareboot, as well as various sci-fi TV pilots. His most recent TV credit was with the NatGeo documentary on Tom Wolfe's iconic bookThe Right Stuff.
This Week In Space co-host
This Week In Space co-host
Tariq Malik
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 soon after as a full-time spaceflight reporter covering human spaceflight, exploration, astronomy and the night sky. He became Space.com's managing editor in 2009. As on-air talent has presented space stories on CNN, Fox News, NPR and others.
Tariq is an Eagle Scout (yes, he earned the Space Exploration merit badge), a Space Camp veteran (4 times as a kid, once as an adult), and has taken the ultimate "vomit comet" ride while reporting on zero-gravity fires. Before joining Space.com, he served as a staff reporter for The Los Angeles Times covering city and education beats. He has journalism degrees from the University of Southern California and New York University.
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