May 07, 2019

98: The Moon is Having a Moment

48 minutes

This fortnight: checking in on the SLS' test procedures and the on-going planning to return to the moon in 2024, and then a dose of planetary defense.

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Links and Show Notes: Support Liftoff with a Relay FM Membership Real-time satellite imagery on your desktop with Downlink - Main Engine Cut Off Downlink – 512 Pixels Dragon was destroyed just before the firing of its SuperDraco thrusters | Ars Technica The Hunt for Rocket Boosters in Russia's Far North | WIRED Andrew Jones on Twitter on Chinese launches NASA to perform key test of the SLS rocket, necessitating a delay in its launch | Ars Technica NASA outlines plan for 2024 lunar landing - SpaceNews.com Facing 2024 deadline, NASA issues a report defending the Lunar Gateway | Ars Technica "Why Gateway" PDF The Race to Develop the Moon | The New Yorker What If an Asteroid Was Going to Hit Earth? NASA Will Make Believe This Week | Space A Fake Asteroid Headed to Earth Can Really Make You Think | Space News | NASA, FEMA, International Partners Plan Asteroid Impact Exercise Planetary Defense Conference Exercise - 2019 Hera adds objectives to planetary defense test mission – NASASpaceFlight.com Asteroid Impact & Deflection Assessment mission / Hera / Space Safety / Our Activities / ESA

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