#96 - June 2020 Part 2

The Discussion:


Struggling to get the media excited about astronomy

How history will record the clusterf**k that is 2020

Skyrora looking to join the smallsat launch market

SpaceX’ Teletubby costumes



The News: Rounding up the space exploration news this month we
have:


Starship prototype goes Kablooey

Britain returns to rocketry

Goodbye to Japan’s ISS resupply spacecraft

The European Space Agency look to ‘natural resources’ for
moonbases

Virgin Orbit attempt to slash the cost of launching to Low
Earth Orbit

NASA chooses 3 commercial consortia to develop lunar landers



Main news story: American commercial crewed launches have finally
arrived


Q&A: Will the Lunar Gateway be visible from Earth? From Alex
Bell @BLT_Astro on Twitter.


The Electromagnetic Spectrum: The near and mid-infrared part of
the spectrum. How it became so important for astronomy and by
whom.