“For All Mankind” reached its climax and even though Russian cosmonauts had flaunted flags of annexed Ukrainian districts, this week a new Space Station crew with US, Soviet, and Japanese members has just launched to join the Americans, Italian and Russian crew that went up on a Russian rocket two weeks ago.   

In a world obsessed with other kinds of rockets falling on people rather than taking people into orbit, Laura talks about more forward looking uses of rocketry and previews the Beyond Earth Symposium. 

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