Awesome Astronomy - September Part 2

<p class="p1">Paul Hill, Ralph Wilkins and Dr. Jenifer Millard host. Damien Phillips, John Wildridge and Dustin Ruoff produce.</p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1"><strong>The Discussion:</strong></p> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li1">Our practical astronomy gathering is back – join us in Wales on 2-5th October.</li> <li class="li1">Jen is contributing to Andy Oppenheimer’s book Stars of Orion.</li> <li class="li1">Submit your support for Lego to create a clockwork solar system.</li> <li class="li1">Watch Jen’s free online exoplanet talk for the Open University Space Society.</li> <li class="li1">Emails from our good friends:</li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline"> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li1">Casey Ash in Thailand, about the perennial issue of satellite constellations.</li> <li class="li1">Conor Brian from Texas about the first Martian settlers.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1"><strong>The News:</strong></p> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li1">Ongoing problems with the James Webb Space Telescope as it nears launch.</li> <li class="li1">The first NASA Artemis moon mission suffers a setback.</li> <li class="li1">The International Space Station’s new module is now functional.</li> <li class="li1">Inspiration4 - the first civilian mission to space.</li> <li class="li1">Commercial rocket companies Astra & Firefly put on the firework show.</li> <li class="li1">NASA’s Perseverance rover collects its first Mars samples for a return to Earth.</li> </ul> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1"><strong>The news discussion:</strong></p> <p class="p1">Is commercial spaceflight just a billionaires’ plaything?</p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1"><strong>Moons of the Solar System:</strong></p> <p class="p1">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 class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1"><a href= "http://www.awesomeastronomy.com">www.awesomeastronomy.com</a></p> <p