Red Planet Live

Ashton Zeth interviews Leonard David, renowned space journalist. Topics range from Curiosity rover, Bill Nelson, potential for a space race, and life on Mars.

Ashton Zeth interviews former NASA astronaut Jose M. Hernandez alongside his son, Dr. Julio Hernandez, a researcher at Purdue University and former Mars analog astronaut.
Jose worked at NASA Johnson Space Center from 2001 to 2011, where he served as an astronaut, legislative analyst, branch chief, and materials research engineer. He was on the STS-128 shuttle mission, during which he oversaw the transfer of thousands of pounds of equipment between the shuttle and the International Space Station and helped with robotics operations.
More recently, Jose serves as President and CEO of Tierra Luna Engineering, LLC, a California-based engineering consulting firm that focuses on aerospace engineering, non-destructive evaluation, failure analysis, and general engineering services.
Last year, Amazon released “A Million Miles Away”, a biopic film about Jose and his inspiring path as a migrant worker from Mexico to an American astronaut. Starring actor Michael Pena, the movie received high acclaim as a “great family movie with messages of determination and perseverance.”
Julio is a Characterization and Research Engineer at the Hypersonics Advanced Manufacturing Technology Center within the Purdue Applied Research Institute. He obtained his Ph.D. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering in July 2023, focusing on self-sensing composite materials and additive manufacturing.

In addition, he previously served as a botanist for Crew 245 during his two-week tenure as a Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) analog astronaut in 2021. 

Ashton Zeth interviews astrobiologist Dr. Graham Lau, host of "Ask an Astrobiologist". Dr. Graham Lau also serves as a logistics coordinator for the ⁠University Rover Challenge (URC) ⁠held by the Mars Society and the Communications & Marketing Director for the Blue Marble Institute.

Dr. Graham Lau's links: 

⁠Ask An Astrobiologist⁠

⁠Cosmobiota⁠

⁠University Rover Challenge⁠

Blue Marble Institute

The Mars Society's live podcast, RedPlanetLive interviews the people instrumental to settling and exploring Mars. In this episode Ashton Zeth interviews the Dr. Shawna Pandya, a scientist-astronaut candidate!

The Mars Society's live podcast, RedPlanetLive interviews the people instrumental to settling and exploring Mars. In this episode, Ashton Zeth interviews the FMARS 15 crew who recently finished a 2-week mission at the Devon Island analog. The crew:

This month's episode, Ashton Zeth, host of Red Planet Live interviews speakers from the International Mars Society Convention 2023.  Guests include: 

Wolfgang Fink, PhD, Keonjian Endowed Chair in Robotics, U. of Arizona

Tiffany Morgan, Deputy Director of NASA's Mars Exploration Program

Roberto Carlino, Robotics Engineer at NASA

Dr. Greg Autry, Director of Space leadership at ASU, Thunderbird School of Management

Kai Staats, Director of Research for SAM at Biosphere 2

Roger Gilbertson, Mars Society Ambassador

Eric Kristoff, M.S., EVA Link & Mars Society, Chicago Chapter

** Correction **  Dr. Wolfang Fink's title in the show should read, Keonjian Endowed Chair!

A special thanks to all our guests.

In this episode Ashton Zeth hosts an interview with Dr. Robert Zubrin, Founder and President of the Mars Society. Dr. Robert Zubrin announces the formation of the Mars Technical Institute and is interviewed by Alan Boyle of GeekWire.

The Mars Society's live podcast, RedPlanetLive interviews the people instrumental to settling and exploring Mars. In this episode Ashton Zeth interviews a panel from the University Rover Challenge 2023.

The Mars Society's live podcast, RedPlanetLive interviews the people instrumental to settling and exploring Mars. In this episode Ashton Zeth interviews Emily Calandrelli, an American science communicator, former MIT engineer, and the host and an executive producer of Xploration Outer Space and Emily's Wonder Lab.

The Mars Society's live podcast, RedPlanetLive interviews the people instrumental to settling and exploring Mars. In this episode Ashton Zeth interviews Marcia Rieke, the Principal Investigator of the NirCam James Webb Space Telescope and Regents Professor of Astronomy at the University of Arizona.