#97 - July 2020 Part 2

The Discussion:


What Einstein would have made of an iPhone

The goods and ills of social media

Free teaching for teachers to teach space and astronomy

Jeni talking Pluto on the BBC

A trip down technology Memory Lane

And get out and look at Comet Neowise!



 


The News: Rounding up the space exploration news we have a Mars
launch window and NASA storming ahead with Artemis plans so this
month is all about the moon and Mars:


The Kennedy Space Centre takes delivery of rocket engines for
their SLS rocket

Funding for more SLS moon rockets

A new lunar rover to help plan human missions

New modules for the lunar orbiter

NASA innovation funding for new long duration mission
capabilities

United Arab Emirates’ Mars orbiter launching this month

China’s Tianwen-1 Mars mission with an orbiter, lander and
rover



Main news story: Getting ready to launch the biggest ever rover
to Mars


 


The Electromagnetic Spectrum: The visible light part of the
spectrum. How telescopes were developed and became ever more
powerful.


 


Q&A: Do you think we will see humans space exploration beyond
Mars in our lifetimes? Pieter Johnson @Nascothornet on Twitter.