63: It Looks Like a Soup Can

01/03/18 • 60 min

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy has been erected at 39-A, while NASA moves forward with its New Frontiers finalists. Then, Apollo flight hardware and the mighty Saturn V.

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Links and Show Notes Falcon Heavy raised on pad 39A for first time – Spaceflight Now SpaceX shows off stunning pictures of its Falcon Heavy rocket fully assembled on the launchpad - The Verge Elon Musk shows off the Tesla Roadster that SpaceX will send beyond Mars - The Verge Emily Lakdawalla on Twitter on Falcon Heavy orbit Finalists in NASA’s Spacecraft Sweepstakes: A Drone on Titan, and a Comet-Chaser - The New York Times Armed with tough computer chips, scientists are ready to return to the hell of Venus | Science | AAAS Amazon.com: Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery by Scott Kelly Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo (2017) - IMDb What Was the Saturn V? | NASA Apollo (spacecraft) - Wikipedia

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy has been erected at 39-A, while NASA moves forward with its New Frontiers finalists. Then, Apollo flight hardware and the mighty Saturn V.

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Links and Show Notes Space Race: The Epic Battle Between America and the Soviet Union for Dominion of Space: Deborah Cadbury: Amazon.com Books President Signs New Space Policy Directive | NASA New Trump Administration Space Directive Includes No Budget Specifics, Sources Say Trump wants NASA to send astronauts to the Moon — but how exactly? - The Verge Artificial Intelligence, NASA Data Used to Discover Exoplanet | NASA Photos: Upgraded New Shepard booster flies from West Texas – Spaceflight Now Mannequin Skywalker’s ride to space onboard Crew Capsule 2.0 - YouTube The Great Red Spot Descends Deep Into Jupiter - The New York Times Occultation data hints New Horizons' next flyby target may have a moon - SpaceFlight Insider

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