#94 - April 2020 Part 2

<p><!-- wp:html --></p> <p><!-- /wp:html --></p> <p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Don’t forget to join us for our live shows on 16th and 27th April at <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/user/AwesomeAstroPod/videos">https://www.youtube.com/user/AwesomeAstroPod/videos</a></p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p> <p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>(midday PST, 3pm EST, 8pm UK, 9pm Central Europe)</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p> <p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline">The Discussion</span>: Jen fangirling on The British Interplanetary Society and acing the Soyuz ISS docking simulator at the Student Space Conference; a ramble about Wales; the TV show For All Mankind, our live Q&A show, our poor etiquette and listener shout-outs.</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>The impact of coronavirus on current and future NASA missions</li> </ul> <p><!-- /wp:list --></p> <p><!-- wp:list --></p> <ul> <li>Some research showing the impact of satellite constellations on astronomy</li> <li>The UK’s space spiders to explore the moon’s lava craters</li> <li>Lockheed Martin developing helicopters to catch spent rocket boosters</li> </ul> <p><!-- /wp:list --></p> <p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Main news story: Is Europe’s ExoMars Rover on borrowed time?</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p> <p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline">The Electromagnetic Spectrum</span>: The microwave 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>Where’s the Tesla Roadster?</em> From @TJRobinson on Twitter.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p>