#97 - July 2020 Part 2

<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Discussion</span>:</p> <ul> <li>What Einstein would have made of an iPhone</li> <li>The goods and ills of social media</li> <li>Free teaching for teachers to teach space and astronomy</li> <li>Jeni talking Pluto on the BBC</li> <li>A trip down technology Memory Lane</li> <li>And get out and look at Comet Neowise!</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The News</span>: Rounding up the space exploration news we have a Mars launch window and NASA storming ahead with Artemis plans so this month is all about the moon and Mars:</p> <ul> <li>The Kennedy Space Centre takes delivery of rocket engines for their SLS rocket</li> <li>Funding for more SLS moon rockets</li> <li>A new lunar rover to help plan human missions</li> <li>New modules for the lunar orbiter</li> <li>NASA innovation funding for new long duration mission capabilities</li> <li>United Arab Emirates’ Mars orbiter launching this month</li> <li>China’s Tianwen-1 Mars mission with an orbiter, lander and rover</li> </ul> <p>Main news story: Getting ready to launch the biggest ever rover to Mars</p> <p> </p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Electromagnetic Spectrum</span>: The visible light part of the spectrum. How telescopes were developed and became ever more powerful.</p> <p> </p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Q&A</span>: <em>Do you think we will see humans space exploration beyond Mars in our lifetimes?</em> Pieter Johnson @Nascothornet on Twitter.</p>