#88 - October 2019 Part 2

The Discussion: As a reward for good behavior, we’ve dispensed
with wittering on about us and gone straight into the news.


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


The last of the Delta IV mediums

India’s Vikram lunar lander failure

ESA move a satellite to avoid crashing with a SpaceX
satellite

NASA award funding for a Lunar Gateway pathfinding cubesat

Australia & Japan commit to supporting NASA’s moonshot,
Project Artemis

NASA place orders for the first of possibly 12 Orion moon
capsules.



Main news stories: A roundup of Elon Musk’s Herculean
benevolent/malevolent efforts to get giant phalluses on Mars.


The Debate: Court is in session for the fifth and final round of
advocacy to get a winner from your top ten historic space
missions. This month Judge Damien presides over arguments between
the International Space Station and the Pioneer missions.


Q&A: With the news of a near collision between a SpaceX and
an ESA satellite, does that mean more satellite collisions in the
future? From our good friend Noah Kraus in Bremen Germany.