#61 - July 2017

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The Discussion: Combating light pollution for the AstroCamp in
the Welsh Brecon Beacons and fighting to help the National Park
retain its International Dark Sky Reserve status. Then we turn
our attention to politics in space science and listeners’ views
on politics in podcasts.


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


Another gravitational wave detection and what we’re learning
from it

The European Space Agency’s latest mission approvals

NASA’s last exoplanet data dump from the Kepler mission

China’s experiment observing long distance quantum
entanglement

Britain’s ambitious space ambitions and Europe freezing out
the UK

Has the origin of the Wow Signal finally been solved?

How common are the ingredients for life in the universe?



The Hat of Woo: This month we look at EM drives and NASA’s cover
up hiding the warp drive they’ve developed at their super-secret
Eagleworks and aren’t using but they definitely, definitely have
it. Honestly.