The 365 Days of Astronomy

The Discussion:

• Farewell to Michael Collins.
• Jeni back on the radio, other podcasts and TV. - tiny.cc/crhxtz
• Listeners’ emails.

The News:

• Blue Origin prepares to take space tourists.
• The launch of China’s new Space Station & falling space debris.
• Can you help the Royal Astronomical Society find the UK’s moon trees? tiny.cc/rrhxtz
• SpaceX reaches a production/economic milestone with a 10th reuse of a Falcon 9 booster.

The big news story:

NASA awards and then pauses the contract to develop the next lunar lander.

Moons of the Solar System:

Our show segment exploring the discovery, exploration and our knowledge of the solar system’s moons. And we move onto Saturn’s enigmatic satellites, Titan and Enceladus.

Q&A:

‘What is the future for Hubble once the JWST launches and could there be new servicing missions with the development of the SpaceX Starship’ From our good friend Mark de Vrij in the UK.

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Paul Hill, Ralph Wilkins and Dr. Jenifer Millard host. Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce.

The Discussion:

• A new audio anomaly to get your investigative teeth into. (25 Hz? - RBD)
• Jeni moving from TV interviewee to presenter on the BBC.
• A look back at this month’s solar eclipse.
• Listeners’ emails about our sound quality and night time radio propagation.

The News:

• Blue Origin’s space tourism auction.
• New experiments launched to the ISS.
• NASA looking for extra cash for another lunar lander.
• 3 new missions to explore Venus.
• US DoD look at reusable rockets for military logistics.
• ESA’s large mission planning for the next decade.

Moons of the Solar System:

Our show segment exploring the discovery, exploration and our knowledge of the solar system’s moons. And we move onto Saturn’s 80 lesser explored moons.

Q&A:

‘Once fully reusable Starships are complete, will all ground based observatories become obsolete?’ From our good friend Evan Slater.

www.awesomeastronomy.com

Bio:

Awesome Astronomy is a podcast beamed direct from an underground bunker on Mars to promote science, space and astronomy (and enslave Earth if all goes well).

We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs.

Just visit: https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy and donate as much as you can!

Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too!

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The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by Astrosphere New Media. http://www.astrosphere.org/

Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org or email us at [email protected].