#93 - March 2020 Part 2

<p><!-- wp:cgb/block-libsyn-podcasting-gutenberg --></p> <div class="wp-block-cgb-block-libsyn-podcasting-gutenberg"> <div class="libsyn-shortcode"></div> </div> <p><!-- /wp:cgb/block-libsyn-podcasting-gutenberg --></p> <p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>(Warning: please skip this episode if you're offended by occasional Tesla-based puerile humour)</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p> <p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline">The Discussion</span>: Balancing the argument between love and hate of SpaceX and drawing a line under the argument over when the current decade starts and what constitutes a decade.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p> <p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline">The News</span>: Rounding up the space exploration news this month we have:</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p> <p><!-- wp:list --></p> <ul> <li>SpaceX is cleared for a crewed launch in April</li> <li>Further problems for Boeing</li> <li>Christina Koch takes the female spaceflight record.</li> <li>The dullest space news story ever (involving biscuits/cookies)</li> <li>A Japanese mission to return samples from Phobos!</li> <li>ESA’s launch & deployment of the Solar Orbiter.</li> </ul> <p><!-- /wp:list --></p> <p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Main news story: The import of NASA’s 2021 FY Budget.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p> <p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>The Electromagnetic Spectrum: The radio part of the spectrum. How it became so important for astronomy and by whom.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p> <p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline">Q&A</span>: <em>What do you think was the greatest astronomical/scientific advancement that came about due to a dubious past, and do you think it was worth it</em>? <em>By email from</em> Alan Beech in the UK.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p>