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2021.11.10 | Q: How do you go to the toilet in space? A: Very carefully.

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On The Space Show for Wednesday, 10 November 2021:

  • A leaky toilet on SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft has forced NASA to ask it's Crew 2 astronauts returning to Earth to use absorbent 'undergarments' – also known as 'adult diapers' for the eight-hour trip home.    
  • LeoLabs to construct space radars in Western Australia: LeoLabs has announced it will construct two phased-array space radars in Western Australia, the sixth site for the Silicon Valley startup’s global space domain awareness tracking network.
  • The recently released United States Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics 2020 has listed the giant Magellan telescope as one of it’s top priorities - and there’s an Australian connection. 
  • New insights about our Moon’s geologic history have been gained from the analysis of China’s Chang'e 5 lunar samples. Comparison with the analysis of Apollo lunar samples has identified both similarities and differences.
  • An in-depth look at CUAVA-1, Sydney University’s pioneering cubesat, with Professor Iver Cairns (@CairnsIver). 
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    The Space ShowBy Andrew Rennie for the Space Association of Australia