Ad Astra

This week, Jack and Newton hold each other back from completely railing on the White House's proposed budget cuts to Government-funded science, compliment SpaceX for two successful missions, discuss some serious drama when it comes to International space news, and talk about research that is absolutely critical to upcoming Mars missions.   Links: White House Budget Who Is My Representative? Buzz Aldrin's Mars Cycler   Latest From Washington White House released skinny budget. It's horrible on science.   Space News Highlight of the Week SpaceX Launches Third Successful Falcon 9 of 2017 And their launch insurance has increased from $13 million to $63 million   International Updates China is heading to the moon Bad news for a Russian ex-space official North Korea tests new rocket engine   Latest in Tech SpaceX returns Dragon capsule from ISS   Coming Soon to Space Sex??? In??? Space???   Follow Ad Astra on Twitter at @AdAstra_Podcast, on Facebook, and subscribe to the mailing list for future updates and e

This week, the guys introduce a new show format with 5 exciting segments. More information as well as links to the articles discussed can be found below.    Links: Latest from Washington: House Approved the New NASA Authorization   Space News and Highlight of the Week: NASA unveils Europa Clipper   International Updates: US and Russia are exploring the option of sending something to Venus   Latest in Tech: Blue Origin unveils New Glenn, looks sorta like Falcon 9 AND Blue books their first client; Eutelsat Rocket Size Comparison   Coming Soon to Space New Life Movie about aliens, set on the ISS. (Trailer)     Venus Radar Mapping   Follow Ad Astra on Twitter at @AdAstra_Podcast, on Facebook, and subscribe to the mailing list for future updates and events!

In this weeks episode, Jack talks about hanging out with Bill Nye the Science Guy and Bernie Sanders, and there's a good chance he'll talk about it every day until he dies, but who can blame him? Jack has an article published (read below), NASA releases their entire software catalog to the public, and the MAVEN spacecraft comes dangerously close to crashing into Phobos. Jack has a sudden change of heart, and makes a VERY bold statement about SpaceX, and decided on Bill Nye's pro wrestling name.    Links: Jack's Article NASA Software Catalog MAVEN Maneuver Bezos And Blue Origin Headed to the Moon ULA's Rocket Builder China Launching Space Station Core Module Planetary Science Vision 2050   Follow Ad Astra on Twitter at @AdAstra_Podcast, on Facebook, and subscribe to the mailing list for future updates and events!

This week, Jack and Newton discuss SpaceX's huge announcement that they will be taking 2 private citizens on a trip to the moon in 2018. Jack hangs out with Bill Nye the Science Guy to talk transitional bills with the new administration, and the words that have been on everyone's lips, the newly discovered Trappist-1 system with 7 Earth sized planets, 3 in the habitable zone.    Links: Space-X takes private citizens to the moon Spitzer Space Telescope Trappist-1 system Trappist-1 Concept Artwork How Exoplanets Are Found Carnegie Institution of Science Collection of Observations Radial Velocity www.stefanom.org   Follow Ad Astra on Twitter at @AdAstra_Podcast, on Facebook, and subscribe to the mailing list for future updates and events!