Congressman John Culberson on a Good Day For Space

The newly-approved federal budget includes great news for fans of space exploration and development. Texas Congressman John Culberson led the fight for a Europa mission, the SLS rocket, commercial crew and more. He tells us why on this week’s show. Director of Advocacy Casey Dreier is blown away by the support for planetary science. We once again visit spectacular comet 67/P with Emily Lakdawalla. You might win a signed copy of Randall Munroe’s “Thing Explainer” in the What’s Up space trivia contest. Links to the contest, an extended budget conversation with Casey and much more are here: http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/planetary-radio/show/2015/1221-culberson_nasa_budget.html