#85 - July 2019 Part 2

The Discussion: An Apollo-fact filled episode to commemorate the
50th anniversary of humanity venturing onto the surface of
another body. Paul works on an Oscar performance; we congratulate
Jess Wade on receiving a BEM award and we take a look at the
latest movie to lionise the efforts of Apollo 11.


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


NASA plan to open up the International Space Station to
commercial uses & ownership

NASA fund two concepts to explore moon craters and asteroids

ESA’s Trace Gas Orbiter kills the excitement over methane on
Mars.

NASA’s Dragonfly mission to Titan

A solar sail gets tested in space

A look at the return to the moon blueprint



Main news stories: Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11
with Krispy Kreme, Apolloinrealtime.org, @Pilliarscreatio, the
best of the Apollo history books, movies and a few fun facts.


The Debate: Court is in session for the second round of advocacy
to get winner from your top ten historic space missions. On the
50th anniversary of the first moon landing, what else would be
doing battle, other than Apollo missions? So it’s the
heavyweights: Apollo 8 vs Apollo 11. Only one will survive!


Moon Hoaxes: This is a particularly active time for moon hoax
conspiracy theorists so we thought we’d give you some ammunition
for the next time someone tells you the flag was waving in the
wind or the shadows should all be parallel…