#86 - August 2019 Part 2

The Discussion: Following on from last month’s 50th anniversary
of the Apollo 11 moon landing, we take a look at the recent
movies and documentaries & social media: High Life, 8 Days to
the Moon and Back, Apollo 50th, ApolloinRealTime.org. The ongoing
inspiration of Apollo, the build-up of Project Artemis, saying
farewell to Flight Director Chris Kraft and Mandla Maseko, and an
email from our good friend Lee Stevens.  


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


Japan’s Hyabusa 2 mission to return asteroid samples to Earth

Toyota and JAXA prototype a pressurized lunar rover for
launch in 2029

India launch Chandrayaan 2 to the lunar south pole

ESA propose a comet interceptor for 2028

A formation of satellites to study the heliosphere

NASA’s Orion capsule completes its abort tests



Main news stories: NASA select 12 new lunar technology
investigations.


The Debate: Court is in session for the third round of advocacy
to get winner from your top ten historic space missions. This
month we have an epic battle of space telescopes as Kepler goes
toe to toe with Hubble.


Q&A: Why did NASA choose to send a drone to Titan rather than
a submarine to Enceladus? Suki Woods in Norway