#111 - September 2021 Part 2

The Discussion:


Our practical astronomy gathering is back – join us in Wales
on 2-5th October

Jen is contributing to Andy Oppenheimer’s book Stars of Orion

Submit your support for Lego to create a clockwork solar
system

Watch Jen’s free online exoplanet talk for the Open
University Space Society

Emails from our good friends:

Casey Ash in Thailand, about the perennial issue of
satellite constellations

Conor Brian from Texas about the first Martian settlers





 


 


The News:


Ongoing problems with the James Webb Space Telescope as it
nears launch.

The first NASA Artemis moon mission suffers a setback

The International Space Station’s new module is now
functional

Inspiration4 - the first civilian mission to space

Commercial rocket companies Astra & Firefly put on the
firework show

NASA’s Perseverance rover collects its first Mars samples for
a return to Earth



 


The news discussion: Is commercial spaceflight just a
billionaires’ plaything?


Moons of the Solar System: Our show segment exploring the
discovery, exploration and our knowledge of the solar system’s
moons. This month we reach the last major solar system body to
have moons: Pluto.