Boosters, Breakthroughs and Budgets: Canada and the US Look Toward Space

Published: March 13, 2019, 3 p.m.

The last few days have seen developments that will shape the space exploration plans of Canada and the USA. The Planetary Society\u2019s Kate Howells is a member of Canada\u2019s Space Advisory Board. She reviews the nation\u2019s new space policy. Planetary Society Chief Advocate Casey Dreier takes us through highlights of the just-released NASA budget proposal from the White House. He also looks back at the Day of Action that brought citizen space advocates to Capitol Hill. Bruce Betts smells the coffee on the International Space Station in What\u2019s Up. We close with NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine\u2019s passionate message for the Day of Action volunteers. Learn more about this week\u2019s guests and topics at: \xa0http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/planetary-radio/show/2019/03013-2019-howells-dreier-bridenstine.html\xa0Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices