After the delay of the Psyche mission, an independent review board faulted management and workforce problems at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory as one of the causes. This month we feature the JPL Director, Dr. Laurie Leshin, to discuss what the lab is doing in response to these critiques, how NASA can compete with the private sector for top talent, and why our society needs to improve the diversity of its workforce to ensure every brain possible can work in space exploration.

Total solar eclipse 2026: Astrophotography and birdsong
57:25

Space Policy Edition: “Science: A New Golden Age” - Reimagining U.S. science policy
1:10:58

LHS 1140b: The first atmosphere detected on a rocky habitable-zone exoplanet
57:19