#113 - November 2021 Part 2

The Discussion:


Jen as a space expert on BBC1’s Breakfast show

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An email on the less than stellar working conditions at Blue
Origin



 


The News:


The results of Astro2020 - the next decadal survey from the
US National Academies of Sciences

NASA’s moon programme officially slips back a year

SpaceX’s 3rd crewed launch to the International Space Station

Heinz go all ‘Mark Watney’ with tomatoes.



 


The news discussion: Commercial plans to build TWO space stations
before 2030.


 


Nebulas: Our new show segment replacing the concluded moons of
the solar system. This month we’re turning our attention to the
weird and wonderful nebulae that you can see through telescopes
or use to understand the interstellar medium and star formation.
In the coming months we’ll delve into each type of nebula.


 


Q&A: How many journeys would it take for all space tourists'
ejected faeces to coalesce into a single stool of such mass that
its gravity would turn it to a rock of a size that posed enough
of a threat to existence that an asteroid redirect-type
intervention would be required? From our good friend Andrew
Osborne in the UK.