Cassini's Space Mission (Originally aired Sep. 21, 2017)

Cassini's Space Mission (Originally aired Sep. 21, 2017)

Top of Mind with Julie Rose - Radio Archive, Episode 709 , Segment 5

Episode: Rail Safety in America, Europe's Bad Jobs Are Better, York Christmas Whistle

  • Dec 22, 2017
  • 12:19 mins

Guest: Linda Spilker, PhD, Cassini Project Scientist, Jet Propulsion Lab, NASA After 20 years of watching its every move, Linda Spilker looked on as the project that lasted half her career carried out a carefully-orchestrated suicide mission. Linda Spilker is the head scientist on the Cassini project at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Cassini is the probe that sent back astounding pictures of Saturn and its moons until it completed its mission in spectacular fashion this last September.

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Star Wars: A New Generation of Fans (Originally aired July 19, 2017)

17 MINS

Guest: Brandon Bishop, Social Studies Teacher, Blue Valley Southwest High School, Overland Park, Kansas A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far, away summer school was a terrible punishment for kids. But then, Mr. B. taught a class on the history and importance of Star Wars and summer school history was made. Young boys and girls dressed like Jedi and wielded light sabers. Mr. B – known in civilian life as Brandon Bishop – wasn’t yet born when the original Star Wars film came out 40 years ago. The younglings in his summer school class wouldn’t arrive on the planet for many decades. In this day of advanced movie making and special effects, why do films that debuted in the 1970s still excite young fans?

Guest: Brandon Bishop, Social Studies Teacher, Blue Valley Southwest High School, Overland Park, Kansas A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far, away summer school was a terrible punishment for kids. But then, Mr. B. taught a class on the history and importance of Star Wars and summer school history was made. Young boys and girls dressed like Jedi and wielded light sabers. Mr. B – known in civilian life as Brandon Bishop – wasn’t yet born when the original Star Wars film came out 40 years ago. The younglings in his summer school class wouldn’t arrive on the planet for many decades. In this day of advanced movie making and special effects, why do films that debuted in the 1970s still excite young fans?