#98 - August 2020 Part 2

<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Discussion</span>:</p> <ul> <li>Jen on the radio discussing the Perseids</li> <li>Starlink satellites flaring over our heads</li> <li>TV shows From the Earth to the Moon and For All Mankind</li> <li>Sputnik V</li> <li>Jeni’s latest paper is submitted for journal review</li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Submit your experiences of how diversity is perceived in the amateur astronomy community at</span> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/y28ebdu2"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">tinyurl.com/y28ebdu2</span></a></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The News</span>: Rounding up the space exploration news we have:</p> <ul> <li>Protecting other worlds from our germs and bugs</li> <li>Space Force’s Star Trek-esque logo</li> <li>The Curiosity rover celebrates its 8th year on Mars</li> <li>New Zealand’s Rocketlab pursue reusability</li> <li>Skyrora begin rocket testing in Iceland</li> <li>SpaceX’s Starship prototyping and testing continues</li> </ul> <p>Main news story: America gets back to launching people into space</p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Q&A</span>: <em>Will the James Webb Space Telescope actually launch and will it still be worth launching?</em> Lana Visser from Heerenveen in the Netherlands.</p>