#94 - April 2020 Part 2

Don’t forget to join us for our live shows on 16th and 27th April
at https://www.youtube.com/user/AwesomeAstroPod/videos


(midday PST, 3pm EST, 8pm UK, 9pm Central Europe)


The Discussion: Jen fangirling on The British Interplanetary
Society and acing the Soyuz ISS docking simulator at the Student
Space Conference; a ramble about Wales; the TV show For All
Mankind, our live Q&A show, our poor etiquette and listener
shout-outs.


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


The impact of coronavirus on current and future NASA missions



Some research showing the impact of satellite constellations
on astronomy

The UK’s space spiders to explore the moon’s lava craters

Lockheed Martin developing helicopters to catch spent rocket
boosters



Main news story: Is Europe’s ExoMars Rover on borrowed time?


The Electromagnetic Spectrum: The microwave part of the spectrum.
How it became so important for astronomy and by whom.


Q&A: Where’s the Tesla Roadster? From @TJRobinson on Twitter.