Eric Burgess
Type: Person
As of November 2026, Eric Burgess has been mentioned in one podcast episode on LEMMiNO (Oct 2025). Credited as the originator of the idea to attach a message to Pioneer 10, catalyzing Sagan/Drake’s work on the Pioneer plaque.
Eric Burgess was an English freelance consultant, lecturer and journalist, who wrote about the Pioneer program of space missions since the first tests in 1957. He was the science correspondent of the Christian Science Monitor during many of the planetary probe launches, and was often the senior science reporter present at many of them.
| Mentioned in | 1 episode on 1 podcast (as of November 2026) |
|---|---|
| First heard | Oct 2025 on LEMMiNO |
| Role | Journalist and author |
| Affiliation | Freelance/UK science journalism (notably spaceflight writing) |
Who talks about Eric Burgess on podcasts?
Eric Burgess came up; the most recent mention was Oct 2025 on LEMMiNO.
- Shouting at Stars: A History of Interstellar Messages on LEMMiNO (Oct 2025)