2019 is coming to a close, but the news rolls on: NASA is close to having a new budget, Commercial Crew makes another step in the right direction and Jason ends things with a holiday message.
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Links and Show Notes: Support Liftoff with a Relay FM Membership SpaceX successfully launches and lands its rocket, misses catching its nosecone - The Verge Vector files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy - SpaceNews.com Bad Astronomy | Jupiter is still *really* weird: A new monster storm has formed around its south pole How an Icy Moon of Saturn Got Its Stripes - The New York Times Cascading parallel fractures on Enceladus | Nature Astronomy Boeing's Starliner capsule cleared for milestone uncrewed test flight to space station - CBS News Boeing rolls out Starliner passenger spacecraft ahead of December flight - The Verge House Passes $738 Billion Military Bill With Space Force and Parental Leave - The New York Times NASA to receive $22.6 billion in fiscal year 2020 spending bill - SpaceNews.com Artemis Wins Only Lukewarm Support in Final NASA FY2020 Appropriation – SpacePolicyOnline.com Another Day, Another Exoplanet, and Scientists Just Can't Keep Up | Space The Site Has Been Chosen! Here's Where OSIRIS-REx is Going To Take a Sample from Bennu - Universe Today NASA’s Osiris-Rex Selects Target Asteroid Landing Site - The New York Times The Interstellar Comet Has Arrived in Time for the Holidays - The New York Times