SpaceX News Pod

In this live episode of the podcast I dig into Elon Musk's latest "NUKE MARS" tweet along with other SpaceX, NASA and space topics. Get 2 Free Audio Books at Audible: https://amzn.to/2l7FrWH SoFi - FREE $50 when you sign up and Deposit money into your Checking or Savings account. Get the best of checking and savings—in one account. Earn 2.25% APY. Start earning interest on your money from day one. See sofi site for details. https://sofi.com/share/2166964 Become a member of Space News Pod! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX3HDBasMU2qS3svgtuzD2g/join https://anchor.fm/space-news https://patreon.com/spacenewspodcast https://youtube.com/spacenewspod https://twitch.tv/astrowil https://spacenewspodcast.com https://twitter.com/spacenewspod https://facebook.com/spacenewspod https://instagram.com/spacenewspod1 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/space-news/support

NASA continues work on its Mars 2020 rover, a vehicle that will be launched on its mission to the Red Planet next summer. Ahead of that launch, the space agency says its scientists are working hard to ensure the rover is ready to land and acquire samples from the planet’s surface that’ll eventually be returned to Earth. A key part of that sampling system has been installed on the rover. Get 2 Free Audio Books at Audible: https://amzn.to/2l7FrWH SoFi - FREE $50 when you sign up and Deposit money into your Checking or Savings account. Get the best of checking and savings—in one account. Earn 2.25% APY. Start earning interest on your money from day one. See sofi site for details. https://sofi.com/share/2166964 Become a member of Space News Pod! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX3HDBasMU2qS3svgtuzD2g/join https://anchor.fm/space-news https://patreon.com/spacenewspodcast https://youtube.com/spacenewspod https://twitch.tv/astrowil https://spacenewspodcast.com https://twitter.com/spacenewspod https://facebook.com/spacenewspod https://instagram.com/spacenewspod1 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/space-news/support

NASA and SpaceX recently teamed up to perform crucial exercises in preparation for future return missions from the International Space Station (ISS). The exercises mainly revolved around extracting astronauts from SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft. Get 2 Free Audio Books at Audible: https://amzn.to/2l7FrWH SoFi - FREE $50 when you sign up and Deposit money into your Checking or Savings account. Get the best of checking and savings—in one account. Earn 2.25% APY. Start earning interest on your money from day one. See sofi site for details. https://sofi.com/share/2166964 Become a member of Space News Pod! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX3HDBasMU2qS3svgtuzD2g/join https://anchor.fm/space-news https://patreon.com/spacenewspodcast https://youtube.com/spacenewspod https://twitch.tv/astrowil https://spacenewspodcast.com https://twitter.com/spacenewspod https://facebook.com/spacenewspod https://instagram.com/spacenewspod1 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/space-news/support

"Nuke Mars!" he told his 27.8 million followers. Four hours later, he promised a T-shirt would launch soon. And we have a NUKE MARS tshirt in the SpaceX store now! Get 2 Free Audio Books at Audible: https://amzn.to/2l7FrWH SoFi - FREE $50 when you sign up and Deposit money into your Checking or Savings account. Get the best of checking and savings—in one account. Earn 2.25% APY. Start earning interest on your money from day one. See sofi site for details. https://sofi.com/share/2166964 Become a member of Space News Pod! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX3HDBasMU2qS3svgtuzD2g/join https://anchor.fm/space-news https://patreon.com/spacenewspodcast https://youtube.com/spacenewspod https://twitch.tv/astrowil https://spacenewspodcast.com https://twitter.com/spacenewspod https://facebook.com/spacenewspod https://instagram.com/spacenewspod1 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/space-news/support

SpaceX is ramping up production for starship with a starhopper launch coming in the next few days and also Super Heavy rockets getting built in Florida! Get 2 Free Audio Books at Audible: https://amzn.to/2l7FrWH SoFi - FREE $50 when you sign up and Deposit money into your Checking or Savings account. Get the best of checking and savings—in one account. Earn 2.25% APY. Start earning interest on your money from day one. See sofi site for details. https://sofi.com/share/2166964 Become a member of Space News Pod! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX3HDBasMU2qS3svgtuzD2g/join https://anchor.fm/space-news https://patreon.com/spacenewspodcast https://youtube.com/spacenewspod https://twitch.tv/astrowil https://spacenewspodcast.com https://twitter.com/spacenewspod https://facebook.com/spacenewspod https://instagram.com/spacenewspod1 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/space-news/support

In this replay of a Live Conference today, Jim Bridenstine talks about the latest Artemis developments including the SLS and manufacturing of the Moon Mission components in Huntsville, Alabama. Get 2 Free Audio Books at Audible: https://amzn.to/2l7FrWH SoFi - FREE $50 when you sign up and Deposit money into your Checking or Savings account. Get the best of checking and savings—in one account. Earn 2.25% APY. Start earning interest on your money from day one. See sofi site for details. https://sofi.com/share/2166964 Become a member of Space News Pod! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX3HDBasMU2qS3svgtuzD2g/join https://anchor.fm/space-news https://patreon.com/spacenewspodcast https://youtube.com/spacenewspod https://twitch.tv/astrowil https://spacenewspodcast.com https://twitter.com/spacenewspod https://facebook.com/spacenewspod https://instagram.com/spacenewspod1 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/space-news/support

Friday, August 16, NASA's Jim Bridenstine will discuss the Artemis project at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The conference will reveal progress on the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and other efforts key to landing the first woman and the next man on the Moon in 2024. Get 2 Free Audio Books at Audible: https://amzn.to/2l7FrWH SoFi - FREE $50 when you sign up and Deposit money into your Checking or Savings account. Get the best of checking and savings—in one account. Earn 2.25% APY. Start earning interest on your money from day one. See sofi site for details. https://sofi.com/share/2166964 Become a member of Space News Pod! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX3HDBasMU2qS3svgtuzD2g/join https://anchor.fm/space-news https://patreon.com/spacenewspodcast https://youtube.com/spacenewspod https://twitch.tv/astrowil https://spacenewspodcast.com https://twitter.com/spacenewspod https://facebook.com/spacenewspod https://instagram.com/spacenewspod1 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/space-news/support

The latest Space, science and tech news for 8-14-2019 including Elon Musk, NASA, SpaceX and China! Get 2 Free Audio Books at Audible: https://amzn.to/2l7FrWH SoFi - FREE $50 when you sign up and Deposit money into your Checking or Savings account. Get the best of checking and savings—in one account. Earn 2.25% APY. Start earning interest on your money from day one. See sofi site for details. https://sofi.com/share/2166964 Become a member of Space News Pod! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX3HDBasMU2qS3svgtuzD2g/join https://anchor.fm/space-news https://patreon.com/spacenewspodcast https://youtube.com/spacenewspod https://twitch.tv/astrowil https://spacenewspodcast.com https://twitter.com/spacenewspod https://facebook.com/spacenewspod https://instagram.com/spacenewspod1 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/space-news/support

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has published Notices-to-Airmen (NOTAMs) for SpaceX’s next Starhopper flight milestone, a 200m (650 ft) hop now scheduled no earlier than Friday, August 16th. Get 2 Free Audio Books at Audible: https://amzn.to/2l7FrWH SoFi - FREE $50 when you sign up and Deposit money into your Checking or Savings account. Get the best of checking and savings—in one account. Earn 2.25% APY. Start earning interest on your money from day one. See sofi site for details. https://sofi.com/share/2166964 Become a member of Space News Pod! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX3HDBasMU2qS3svgtuzD2g/join https://anchor.fm/space-news https://patreon.com/spacenewspodcast https://youtube.com/spacenewspod https://twitch.tv/astrowil https://spacenewspodcast.com https://twitter.com/spacenewspod https://facebook.com/spacenewspod https://instagram.com/spacenewspod1 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/space-news/support

Astronomers melted 1,000 pounds of Antarctic snow and found iron that most likely fell to ground as Earth passed through a cloud of supernova debris. Get 2 Free Audio Books at Audible: https://amzn.to/2l7FrWH SoFi - FREE $50 when you sign up and Deposit money into your Checking or Savings account. Get the best of checking and savings—in one account. Earn 2.25% APY. Start earning interest on your money from day one. See sofi site for details. https://sofi.com/share/2166964 Become a member of Space News Pod! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX3HDBasMU2qS3svgtuzD2g/join https://anchor.fm/space-news https://patreon.com/spacenewspodcast https://youtube.com/spacenewspod https://twitch.tv/astrowil https://spacenewspodcast.com https://twitter.com/spacenewspod https://facebook.com/spacenewspod https://instagram.com/spacenewspod1 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/space-news/support

The flag is 125 cm (4 feet) long, and you would need an optical wavelength telescope around 200 meters (~650 feet) in diameter to see it. The largest optical wavelength telescope that we have now is the Keck Telescope in Hawaii which is 10 meters in diameter. The Hubble Space Telescope is only 2.4 meters in diameter - much too small!  Get 2 Free Audio Books at Audible: https://amzn.to/2l7FrWH SoFi - FREE $50 when you sign up and Deposit money into your Checking or Savings account. Get the best of checking and savings—in one account. Earn 2.25% APY. Start earning interest on your money from day one. See sofi site for details. https://sofi.com/share/2166964 Become a member of Space News Pod! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX3HDBasMU2qS3svgtuzD2g/join https://anchor.fm/space-news https://patreon.com/spacenewspodcast https://youtube.com/spacenewspod https://twitch.tv/astrowil https://spacenewspodcast.com https://twitter.com/spacenewspod https://facebook.com/spacenewspod https://instagram.com/spacenewspod1 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/space-news/support

 'Mad' Mike Hughes — a self-taught rocket scientist and avowed flat-Earth conspiracy theorist — is launching himself into the sky again. Get 2 Free Audio Books at Audible: https://amzn.to/2l7FrWH SoFi - FREE $50 when you sign up and Deposit money into your Checking or Savings account. Get the best of checking and savings—in one account. Earn 2.25% APY. Start earning interest on your money from day one. See sofi site for details. https://sofi.com/share/2166964 Become a member of Space News Pod! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX3HDBasMU2qS3svgtuzD2g/join https://anchor.fm/space-news https://patreon.com/spacenewspodcast https://youtube.com/spacenewspod https://twitch.tv/astrowil https://spacenewspodcast.com https://twitter.com/spacenewspod https://facebook.com/spacenewspod https://instagram.com/spacenewspod1 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/space-news/support

Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted out an apparent endorsement of Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang on Twitter on August 10. #yanggang #elon #tesla Get 2 Free Audio Books at Audible: https://amzn.to/2l7FrWH SoFi - FREE $50 when you sign up and Deposit money into your Checking or Savings account. Get the best of checking and savings—in one account. Earn 2.25% APY. Start earning interest on your money from day one. See sofi site for details. https://sofi.com/share/2166964 Become a member of Space News Pod! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX3HDBasMU2qS3svgtuzD2g/join https://anchor.fm/space-news https://patreon.com/spacenewspodcast https://youtube.com/spacenewspod https://twitch.tv/astrowil https://spacenewspodcast.com https://twitter.com/spacenewspod https://facebook.com/spacenewspod https://instagram.com/spacenewspod1 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/space-news/support

China has successfully experimented with its space program's inflatable reentry and descent technology (IRDT), a technology that can allow China to land heavier spacecraft on celestial bodies with thin atmosphere, including the moon and Mars, specialists said. Get 2 Free Audio Books at Audible: https://amzn.to/2l7FrWH SoFi - FREE $50 when you sign up and Deposit money into your Checking or Savings account. Get the best of checking and savings—in one account. Earn 2.25% APY. Start earning interest on your money from day one. See sofi site for details. https://sofi.com/share/2166964 Become a member of Space News Pod! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX3HDBasMU2qS3svgtuzD2g/join https://anchor.fm/space-news https://patreon.com/spacenewspodcast https://youtube.com/spacenewspod https://twitch.tv/astrowil https://spacenewspodcast.com https://twitter.com/spacenewspod https://facebook.com/spacenewspod https://instagram.com/spacenewspod1 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/space-news/support

We’re going back to the Moon and getting ready for Mars. The Artemis program will send the first woman and next man to walk on the surface of the Moon by 2024, establish sustainable lunar exploration and pave the way for future missions deeper into the solar system.  Get 2 Free Audio Books at Audible: https://amzn.to/2l7FrWH SoFi - FREE $50 when you sign up and Deposit money into your Checking or Savings account. Get the best of checking and savings—in one account. Earn 2.25% APY. Start earning interest on your money from day one. See sofi site for details. https://sofi.com/share/2166964 Become a member of Space News Pod! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX3HDBasMU2qS3svgtuzD2g/join https://anchor.fm/space-news https://patreon.com/spacenewspodcast https://youtube.com/spacenewspod https://twitch.tv/astrowil https://spacenewspodcast.com https://twitter.com/spacenewspod https://facebook.com/spacenewspod https://instagram.com/spacenewspod1 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/space-news/support