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#116 - February 2022 Part 2

Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 01:04:21
Publish Date: 2022-02-15 00:02:00
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The Discussion:

  • Techniquest in Cardiff Bay
  • Our Good friend Dylan O’Donnell at Star Stuff
  • A listener’s email on the naming of spacecraft, prompting a debate on history, cultures and tearing down statues.

 

The News:

  • Britain’s ambitious spaceports hit regulatory purgatory
  • China’s plans for this year include space station completion, comet and asteroid missions
  • Unknown heroines of space & astronomy for International Women in Science Day

The news discussion: NASA contract a Mars Sample return rocket.

 

Nebulas: A look at the weird and wonderful nebulae that you can see through telescopes or use to understand the interstellar medium and star formation. This month we focus on Emission Nebulae.

 

Q&A:

Why do astronauts travelling from the earth to the moon appear to experience complete weightlessness? From our good friend Paul Waterhouse in the Forest of Dean, UK

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