STP8 - How To High Five An Asteroid
This weeks show was recorded on Tuesday night just after OSIRIS-REx managed to obtain a sample from asteroid Bennu in what as an audacious high five attempt. Emily and Dave talk through what happened and look at what it means.
The NASA social live stream of the event:
More info on the mission: https://www.nasa.gov/osiris-rex/
Also on this weeks show, there is chat about space junk after two big items nearly collided last week.
As discussed, we recommend you follow Jonathan McDowell on twitter: twitter.com/planet4589 and check out his website: planet4589.org
Peter Beck of Rocket Labs comments on Space Junk: https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/27631/20201008/peter-beck-rocket-lab-ceo-warns-growing-congestion-space.htm
Space X Falcon 9 launch with more Starlink Rockets on Oct 18th:
'Gay Astronauts - A Final Frontier' by Francis French: https://medium.com/the-vintage-space/gay-astronauts-a-final-frontier-9892d0987fa0
Mike Mullane's response to the article on Space Hipsters Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/spacehipsters/permalink/3627148580663332
Soyuz MS-17 Launch:
Collect Space Right Stuff Articles:
Episodes 1 and 2: http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-100920a-natgeo-right-stuff-episode-recap-sierra-hotel-goodies.html
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Emily Carney
A veteran of the United States Navy, Carney became a freelance writer back in 2008 and started a blog called This Space Available, which is hosted by the National Space Society.
In 2011, Carney founded a facebook group Space Hipsters. Originally intended to be a place to share news and insights amongst friends, this community has now grown to close to 20,000 members including astronauts, engineers, scientists, historians and space flight enthusiasts from around the globe.
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Dave Giles
Giles is a singer/songwriter from London, England who has always had a passion for space flight. Since his early years he’s been looking skyward and though he ended up wielding a guitar for a living, space exploration is alway on his mind and one of his most popular songs is about astronaut Gene Cernan, ‘The Last Man On The Moon’.
In 2019 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11, Giles visited all of the crewed space vehicles flown by NASA from Freedom 7 to the Space Shuttle Orbiters.
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