'Mars' and 'Nowak and Payette - Two Sides of the Same Coin'

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Straight Talk

May 18, 2008 07:26 PM PDT

'Mars - Answering the Ultimate Question' - Water has been discovered on Mars. Does this mean we should try for a manned mission to the Red Planet?

'Lisa Nowak and Julie Payette' - Straight Talk takes a look at two female astronauts, Lisa Nowak from NASA and Julie Payette of the Canadian Space Agency. Two astronauts, two very different stories.

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The 'Straight Talk' podcast is the audio version of the column at MSNBC/Newsvine by Seattle's Robert M Blevins.

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Robert Blevins is the author of the infamous 'Straight Talk' column at Newsvine/MSNBC. 'Straight Talk' features illustrated articles on all manner of subjects, presented in a concise and entertaining format. This podcast is an extension of that column, providing audio versions of some of the more popular articles.

Mr Blevins is the author of the sci-fi novels 'Say Goodbye to the Sun', 'The 13th Day of Christmas', 'The Corona Incident', and 'Dimensions' (with British author Geoff Nelder).

Currently, he works as an editor with the Escape Velocity Magazine and is the founder of Adventure Books of Seattle.