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| BROADCAST DATE | GUEST | TOPIC |
|---|---|---|
| January 6 | Andrew Cheng Project Scientist NEAR Mission Applied Physics Laboratory Johns Hopkins University USA | The Near Earth Asteroid Mission and the asteroid Eros. Listen or download (6 min 45 s - 6.2 MB) |
| March 17 | Bill Priedhorsky Scientist Los Alamos National Laboratory USA | Celestial x-ray sources and satellite based X-ray astronomy. The advances expected from the AXAF satellite. Listen or download (18 min 40 s - 17.5 MB) |
| March 17 | Dr. Mark Brake University of Glamorgan Wales | University course in Extraterrestrials. Interview by Phillipa Adams. |
| April 21 | Perry Middlemass Organiser Aussicon 3 Science Fiction Convention | The convention, the guests, the panels, Hugo Awards. |
| April 28 | French School Children & Their Principal Guy Pignolet CNES France | The Sputnik 40 project, which was made by students from Reunion. Listen or download unedited interview (8 min 29 s - 7.9 MB) |
| April 28 | Martin Sweeting Surrey Satellite Technology Guilford United Kingdom | The UoSat satellites, and what Surrey Space Centre has to offer Australia. Listen or Download (13 min 13 s - 12.4 MB) |
| June 2 | Ajax Burros del Belo Director General Brazilian Space Agency Brazil | Brazil's space programme - Minitrack, remote sensing, data collection satellites, CBERS, sounding rockets, VLS, public debate in Brazil. Listen or download (10 min 52 s - 10.2 MB) |
| June 7 | Phil Edwards Researcher Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science Tokyo | Cosmic ray research in Australia, and aboard the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory. Listen or download (8 min 39 s - 8.7 MB) |
| June 30 | Darren Osborne Public Relations Co-ordinator British Aerospace Australia Canberra Deep Space Communication Complex Tidbinbilla | The Cassini flyby of Venus, and the fuss over the forthcoming flyby of Earth. |
| July 21 | Elizabeth Kong Yoganya Arunothayraj The Mac.Robertson Girls' High School South Melbourne | The Victorian Youth Space Forum. |
| August 11 | Gerry Soffen Director Office of University Programmes NASA Headquarters Washington D.C. | Looking for life in the Solar System. How he joined NASA as their first biologist, Viking, Allan Hills meteorite, Astrobiology at NASA, looking for life on Europa, the Origins Programme. Listen or download (14 min 38 s - 13.7 MB) |
| August 18 | Paul Maley NASA Johnson Space Center Astronomical Society Houston Texas. | Iridium flares and how to see them. Listen or download (4 min 16 s - 4.0 MB) |
| August 25 | Bernard Harris Vice President Spacehab Houston Texas former NASA Astronaut | The Spacehab project, medical research in space, pharmaceutical materials processing in space. Listen or Download (10 min 28 s - 9.8 MB) |
| August 25 | Atshuhiro Nishida Director-General Institute of Space and Astronautical Sciences Japan | The Mu Space Engineering Spacecraft, Muses-C, and its mission to the asteroid Nereid and return to Earth. Also the nanorover to be deployed by Muses-C. NOTE: This mission was modified and became Hayabusa. Listen or download interview (11 min 0 s - 10.3 MB) |
| September 1 | Geoff Perry Kettering Group Kettering United Kingdom | Observing Sputniks 1, 2 and 3. interview by Astronautical Society of Western Australia. Listen or download interview (1 min 47 s - 1.6 MB) |
| September 15 | Andrew Cheng Project Scientist NEAR Mission Applied Physics Laboratory Johns Hopkins University USA | The NEAR mission and waltzing Mathilde. What the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous mission found out about the asteroid Mathilde. Listen or Download (7 min 45 s - 7.2 MB) |
| September 22 | Peter Wenzel Head of Solar System Division Space Science Department European Space Agency ESTEC Noordwijk The Netherlands | The Cassini and Huygens mission to Saturn and Titan. Listen or Download (9 min 8 s - 8.5 MB) |
| September 22 | Sir Martin Reith Astronomer Royal London United Kingdom | The role of the Astronomer Royal. (ABC Interview.) |
| September 29 | Franz Viehbock Director International Programmes Space Transportation Information, Space and defense Systems Boeing California former Austrian cosmonaut | Selection as cosmonaut, training, experience on Soyuz and Mir, post-flight, work for Boeing. Listen or Download (26 min 22 s - 24.7 MB) |
| October 6 | Geoff Perry Kettering Group Kettering United Kingdom | Early days in amateur satellite tracking - the Luna probes and Sputnik 4. Interview by Astronautical Society of Western Australia. Listen or download interview (2 min 33 s - 2.4 MB) |
| October 13 | Andrew Cheng Project Scientist NEAR Mission Applied Physics Laboratory Johns Hopkins University USA | Near Earth Asteroid Mission and Eros Listen or Download (6 min 48 s - 6.3 MB) |
| October 13 | Jean-Pierre Midan Manager Spot Earth Observation Programme CNES France | SPOT satellites and the SILEX payload. Listen or Download (12 min 8 s - 11.3 MB) |
| October 20 | Gerry Soffen Director Office of University Programmes NASA Headquarters Washington D.C. | NASA Education Programmes Listen or download (4 min 28 s - 4.1 MB) |
| November 3 | David Lynch Aerospace Corporation Los Angeles California | Leonid Meteor shower and danger to spacecraft. Listen or Download (12 min 9 s - 11.3 MB) |
| December 1 | Dr Ed Stone Director Jet Propulsion Laboratory California | The exploration of Mars, now and in near future. Listen or Download (7 min 2 s - 6.6 MB) |
| December 1 | Peter Aylward Membership Secretary Space Association of Australia Melbourne | Association activities and forthcoming Shuttle launch to refurbish the Hubble. |
| December 15 | Peter Wenzel Head of Solar System Division Space Science Department European Space Technology Centre European Space Agency The Netherlands | Mars Express. Listen or Download (6 min 31 s - 6.1 MB) |
| December 15 | Jean-Pierre Midan Manager Spot Earth Observation Programme CNES France | CNES Activities, including international co-operation, SPOT Image and Helios. Listen or Download (8 min 11 s - 7.7 MB) |
