Paul Hill, Ralph Wilkins and Jenifer Millard host. Damien Phillips and John Wildridge produce.

The Discussion: If you like your introductions rambling, you’re in for a real treat! We discuss the Jeni’s PhD thesis submission, The Real Right Stuff documentary on Disney+, Jeni’s foray into book writing and read some listeners questions, which devolves into discussions of whether Queen Elizabeth is Elizabeth I in Canada, the colonization of the New World, the entertainer Nosmo King and insurance fraud.

 

The News: Rounding up the space exploration news we have:

• Puerto Rico stumps up funds to decommission and scope out a replacement for Arecibo.
• China opens up FAST Telescope access to other nations.
• Hyabusa 2 asteroid and Chang’e 5’s lunar samples.
• Progress update on the 3 Mars-bound missions & where to follow them.
• SpaceX accelerates Starship rocket production in Texas.

 

The Big News Story:

Mars Dogs!

 

Q&A: ‘How and where did the Awesome Astronomy team first meet?’ From our good friend, Paul Wheeler in Pennsylvania.

 

www.awesomeastronomy.com

 

Bio: Awesome Astronomy is a podcast beamed direct from an underground bunker on Mars to promote science, space and astronomy (and enslave Earth if all goes well).

 

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