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Our Mission :
To inspire the people of Earth to explore other worlds, understand our own, and seek life elsewhere.
Who we are :
• Founded in 1980 by Carl Sagan, Bruce Murray, and Louis Friedman
• We involve and inspire the public through:
• Advocacy
• Projects
• Education
• We are a non-profit funded by our international membership
• We operate a Volunteer Network for members who want to become more involved
Program areas:
• Advocacy and Education
• Extrasolar Planets
• Innovative Technologies
• International Mission Participation
• Mars Exploration
• Near Earth Objects
• Search for Extraterrestrial Life
Some of our current projects:
LightSail – ultralight spacecraft propelled purely by sunlight, which will launch soon piggybacking on a future NASA mission. LightSail-1 will be sailing soon. How fast will it go?
LIFE Experiment- Shuttle LIFE was a practice run for Phobos-Grunt, which will be sending microbes to Mars’ Phobos and back. Is it possible for microorganisms to survive a trip through space?
Near Earth Objects – a huge threat, what if we found an asteroid on a collision course with Earth?.What are our best options for planetary defense?
We’ve Got A Lot Going On!
LightSail
The Planetary
Report
Our Weekly Radio Show
Our website: www.planetary.org
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