#111 - September 2021 Part 2

<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Discussion</span>:</p> <ul> <li>Our practical astronomy gathering is back – <a href= "https://www.andyoppenheimer.com/stars-of-orion/">join us in Wales</a> on 2-5th October</li> <li>Jen is contributing to Andy Oppenheimer’s book <a href= "https://www.andyoppenheimer.com/stars-of-orion/">Stars of Orion</a></li> <li>Submit your support for Lego to create a <a href= "https://ideas.lego.com/projects/21c0ec4e-2dd0-4ef2-9484-41a9baa4c9d2"> clockwork solar system</a></li> <li>Watch Jen’s <a href= "https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/alien-worlds-the-tale-of-stellar-companions-with-jenifer-dr-dust-millard-tickets-169749624697"> free online exoplanet talk</a> for the Open University Space Society</li> <li>Emails from our good friends: <ul> <li>Casey Ash in Thailand, about the perennial issue of satellite constellations</li> <li>Conor Brian from Texas about the first Martian settlers</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The News</span>:</p> <ul> <li>Ongoing problems with the James Webb Space Telescope as it nears launch.</li> <li>The first NASA Artemis moon mission suffers a setback</li> <li>The International Space Station’s new module is now functional</li> <li>Inspiration4 - the first civilian mission to space</li> <li>Commercial rocket companies Astra & Firefly put on the firework show</li> <li>NASA’s Perseverance rover collects its first Mars samples for a return to Earth</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The news discussion</span>: Is commercial spaceflight just a billionaires’ plaything?</p> <p>Moons of the Solar System: Our show segment exploring the discovery, exploration and our knowledge of the solar system’s moons. This month we reach the last major solar system body to have moons: Pluto.</p> <p> </p>