
Awesome Astronomy - May Part 2 (Space Exploration)
05/19/21 • 70 min
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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.
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!
Every bit helps! Thank you!
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Do go visit http://astrogear.spreadshirt.com/ for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and other awesomeness!
http://cosmoquest.org/Donate This show is made possible through your donations.
Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just click!)
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].
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.
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!
Every bit helps! Thank you!
------------------------------------
Do go visit http://astrogear.spreadshirt.com/ for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and other awesomeness!
http://cosmoquest.org/Donate This show is made possible through your donations.
Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just click!)
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].
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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!
Every bit helps! Thank you!
------------------------------------
Do go visit http://astrogear.spreadshirt.com/ for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and other awesomeness!
http://cosmoquest.org/Donate This show is made possible through your donations.
Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just click!)
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].
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Hosted by Chris Beckett & Shane Ludtke, two amateur astronomers in Saskatchewan.
This is episode 119, where the lads tackle deep sky observing in the constellation of the physician. Torn from the pages of the RASC’s Observer’s Handbook! (So to speak…)
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!
Every bit helps! Thank you!
------------------------------------
Do go visit http://astrogear.spreadshirt.com/ for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and other awesomeness!
http://cosmoquest.org/Donate This show is made possible through your donations.
Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just click!)
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].
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