#93 - March 2020 Part 2

(Warning: please skip this episode if you're offended by
occasional Tesla-based puerile humour)


The Discussion: Balancing the argument between love and hate of
SpaceX and drawing a line under the argument over when the
current decade starts and what constitutes a decade.


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


SpaceX is cleared for a crewed launch in April

Further problems for Boeing

Christina Koch takes the female spaceflight record.

The dullest space news story ever (involving
biscuits/cookies)

A Japanese mission to return samples from Phobos!

ESA’s launch & deployment of the Solar Orbiter.



Main news story: The import of NASA’s 2021 FY Budget.


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


Q&A: What do you think was the greatest
astronomical/scientific advancement that came about due to a
dubious past, and do you think it was worth it? By email from
Alan Beech in the UK.