#91 - January 2020 Part 2

The Discussion: New Year resolutions, veganism, a little
spoiler-free chat about the latest/last Skywalker movie and the
new series of Dr Who, before some listeners’ emails.


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


Christina Koch racks up a flight time record on the ISS

China’s moon rover breaks a lunar endurance record

Ethiopia becomes the 10th African nation to send a satellite
into orbit

ESA launches their CHEOPS Exoplanet characterising spacecraft

Space Force is go – and the world joins in

NASA’s new (22nd!) intake and what skills are needed to
become an astronaut

OSIRIS-REx now has a target for return samples on asteroid
Bennu



Main news story: Boeing’s test of its Starliner space capsule


Q&A: Why does NASA search for signs of life rather than
directly looking for life? From Gavin Price in the UK on Twitter
(@pilliarscreatio)