This week on the Space Nerds podcast: PATREON LAUNCH: The Space Nerds Patreon campaign has launched! Jesse and Alexandria break down everything you need to know.SPACE NEWS: (starts at 12:20) NASA’s protocol to keep our microbes from spreading through the solar system are woefully out of date. Jesse and Alexandria discuss the possibility that our germs could contaminate another world, or even that space germs could contaminate earth. Check out the original article from Gizmodo: https://gizmodo.com/nasa-needs-new-strategies-to-protect-the-solar-system-f-1839234017 FIREFLY: (Starts at 33:42) Jesse and Jayne discuss their favorite episode of Firefly, Out of Gas. Somehow an episode about a spaceship falling apart makes them want to live in space, so they debate which famous starship they’d want to call home.

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