Season 9, Episode 9, “How do we make space exploration politically relevant?” is our main topic. Leave your comments on social media with the #Cosmopolitics hash tag.

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In Space News we have:

* Ariane 5 • Eutelsat 65 West A Launch

* PSLV • IRNSS 1F Launch

* Soyuz Scrubs?

* ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter rolls out to the launchpad

* NASA’s Exploration Mission 2 in flux

* March 8th/9th 2016 Total Solar Eclipse

* Blue Origin Factory Tour

* NASA’s InSight Mission escapes cancellation, will fly in 2018

* SpaceX Updates

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