- Planetary Society
Infobox NPO
organization_name = The Planetary Society
organization_
organization_motto = Exploring New Worlds Making you a part of the new age of space exploration
organization_type = NGO and Non-profit Foundation
foundation = 1980
location =Pasadena, California
key_people =Bruce Murray ,Louis Friedman ,Carl Sagan ,Bruce Betts
fields = Space advocacy
services =
num_members = +100,000
homepage = [http://planetary.org/ Planetary.org]The Planetary Society is a large, publicly supported, non-government and not-for-profit organization that has many research projects related to
astronomy . It was founded in1980 byCarl Sagan , Bruce Murray, andLouis Friedman , and has members from 125 countries around the world. The society's mission is "To inspire and involve the world's public in space exploration through advocacy, projects, and education."The Society is dedicated to the exploration of
Mars and the rest of theSolar System , the search for Near Earth Objects, and the search forextraterrestrial life .The Society launched the
Cosmos 1 craft in June 2005 to test the feasibility ofSolar sail ing, but the satellite's launch rocket failed shortly after liftoff. It is now raising seed funding for the nextsolar sail spacecraft.Members
The Planetary Society's current Board of Directors includes the following:
*Neil deGrasse Tyson , Chairman of the Board
*Wesley Huntress , President
*Bill Nye , Vice President
*Louis Friedman , Executive Director
*Ann Druyan
*Daniel Geraci
*Heidi Hammel
*John Logsdon
*Christopher McKay , Advisory Council Chair
*Bruce C. Murray
*Elon Musk
*Joseph Ryan
*Steven Spielberg
*George Yancopoulos Notable members of its Advisory Council include:
*Buzz Aldrin
*Ray Bradbury
*David Brin
*Franklin Chang-Diaz
*Frank Drake
*Owen Garriott
*Tom Jones
*Jon Lomberg
*Hans Mark
*Robert Picardo
*John Rhys-Davies
*Kim Stanley Robinson
*Donna Shirley
*Sean Patrick Goggin
*Chad J. Ruhle Projects
The Planetary Society sponsors projects to seed further exploration. Members privately fund these projects:
* Earthdials
* Mars Stations
* Near-Earth Objects Research and Missions
* Planetrek
* Political Action
* Red Rover Goes to Mars
* Red Rover, Red Rover
*Scholarship s
* Search for Extraterrestrial Life
*Solar sail ing withCosmos 1 The Planetary Report
The
Planetary Report is the bimonthly internationally recognized flagship magazine of The Planetary Society, featuring lively articles and full-color photos to provide comprehensive coverage of discoveries onEarth and other planets.This bimonthly magazine reaches over 100,000 members of The Planetary Society all over the world, with news about
planetary missions, spacefaring nations, intrepid explorers, planetary science controversies and the latest findings in humankind's exploration of thesolar system .Planetary Radio Members of The Planetary Society also host a weekly 30 minute radio programme and
podcast .External links
* [http://planetary.org The Planetary Society official site]
* [http://members.aol.com/elonka/travel/south.htm Planetary Society Antarctic Expedition]
* [http://www.marsdrive.com MarsDrive Consortium]
* [http://njycamps.org/tsc/html/planetarysociety_astronomycamp.html The Planetary Society Astronomy Summer Camp]
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