#116 - February 2022 Part 2

<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Discussion</span>:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.techniquest.org/">Techniquest</a> in Cardiff Bay</li> <li>Our Good friend Dylan O’Donnell at <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgOf4wBnoGg8WHHHr_h4otQ">Star Stuff</a></li> <li>A listener’s email on the naming of spacecraft, prompting a debate on history, cultures and tearing down statues.</li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">The News</span>:</p> <ul> <li>Britain’s ambitious spaceports hit regulatory purgatory</li> <li>China’s plans for this year include space station completion, comet and asteroid missions</li> <li>Unknown heroines of space & astronomy for International Women in Science Day</li> </ul> <p>The news discussion: NASA contract a Mars Sample return rocket.</p> <p> </p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Nebulas</span>:<br /> 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.</p> <p> </p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Q&A</span>:</p> <p><em>Why do astronauts travelling from the earth to the moon appear to experience complete weightlessness?</em> From our good friend Paul Waterhouse in the Forest of Dean, UK</p>