Jake is moving, and has left Anthony alone with the keys to the show. Chris Gebhardt of NASASpaceflight and Jason Davis of the Planetary Society return to the show to talk about our newest Venus armada, China’s new space station, and the space politics cold war of Artemis vs China & Russia’s International Lunar Research Station. And bizarrely, an entire segment about Ares I-X.

Drinks

• Tullamore D.E.W. - Triple Distilled Blended Irish Whiskey
• MoonJuice Galactic Grapefruit IPA - SanTan Brewing Company - Untappd
• Field Study IPA - Tröegs Independent Brewing - Untappd

Topics

• Off-Nominal - YouTube
• Episode 42 - Bullish on the Moon (with Chris Gebhardt and Jason Davis) - YouTube
• NEW YORK TIMES COLUMBIA SPACE SHUTTLE WENDY'S DRINK GLASS EXCELLENT COND | eBay
• The case for Venus | The Planetary Society
• Double Venus missions: all the burning questions NASA hopes to answer | The Planetary Society
• ESA - ESA selects revolutionary Venus mission EnVision
• The Quest for Life on Venus | The Planetary Society
• ARES I-X Launch - YouTube
• [HD] Real Sound of Space Shuttle STS-117 Launch, 3 miles - YouTube
• Andrew Jones on Twitter: “Here's a good thread on Tianhe activities with screenshots from CCTV, showing the chaos after getting supplies from Tianzhou-2, in EVA suits. There's even a soft toy cow (as it's Chinese year of the Ox)”
• Marcia Smith on Twitter: “Waltz: do you support the Wolf amendment? Nelson: it's the law and I support it. Waltz: do you support making it permanent? Nelson: yes, but also have to find places to work together like space debris. [story of LM5B reentry]”
• There’s an astronaut in a gorilla suit floating around the ISS - The Verge
• Downlink for Mac
• Articles | The Planetary Society

Picks

• Dongfang Hour – The only English podcast discussing Chinese aerospace and technology
• Homemade Documentaries - YouTube
• The Great Silence: Science and Philosophy of Fermi's Paradox: Ćirković, Milan M. - Amazon.com: Books

Follow Jason

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• The Planetary Society

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• Chris G - NSF (@ChrisG_NSF) | Twitter

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