Space Boffins, from the Naked Scientists

By: Richard Hollingham Sue Nelson
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  • Publishing monthly, Space Boffins brings you cutting edge conversation and debate about the past, present and future of space science.
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Episodes
  • UFOs... Is the truth out there?

    UFOs... Is the truth out there?
    Dec 3 2024
    Have we been visited by space aliens? This month space boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham delve into the history and science of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs). They discuss UFOs with Pennsylvania State College professor and author of After the Flying Saucers Came, Greg Eghigian. They also talk to Thomas Zurbuchen, the longest ever serving head of science at NASA who commissioned an official report on UFOs. What does he believe? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    54 mins
  • Off to Europa, and life on Mars

    Off to Europa, and life on Mars
    Oct 2 2024
    NASA's Europa Clipper mission is about to head off on a five year mission to explore one of Jupiter's largest moons. Planetary geologist mission scientist Cynthia Phillips joins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham to discuss why this icy body could potentially be habitable. Plus, engineer, author and president of the Mars Society, Robert Zubrin, on his book The New World on Mars, and how societies and cities will emerge on the red planet once colonisation is underway... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    55 mins
  • John McFall, Tim Peake and how to build a spaceport

    John McFall, Tim Peake and how to build a spaceport
    Aug 28 2024
    Former paralympic athlete, surgeon and European Space Agency (ESA) reserve astronaut, John McFall joins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham to share his experiences of the Fly study to investigate whether people with physical disabilities could become astronauts. Also on the show, astronaut Tim Peake, who now has a new role at Axiom Space, Saxa Vord CEO, Frank Strang, and director of operations, Scott Hammond, discuss how they are building a spaceport in Shetland... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    1 hr and 3 mins

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