#92 - February 2020 Part 2

<p><!-- wp:cgb/block-libsyn-podcasting-gutenberg --></p> <div class="wp-block-cgb-block-libsyn-podcasting-gutenberg"> <div class="libsyn-shortcode"></div> </div> <p><!-- /wp:cgb/block-libsyn-podcasting-gutenberg --></p> <p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline">The Discussion</span>: The reason we have leap years; a look at Ad Astra, Lucy in the Sky and Picard; and the history of the Stonewall Riots (don’t think it’s just astronomy here – you get a fully rounded education, dear listener); and a look at your reviews and emails.  </p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p> <p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline">The News</span>: Rounding up the space exploration news this month we have:</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p> <p><!-- wp:list --></p> <ul> <li>Direct TV’s ticking timebomb in space</li> <li>DARPA’s XS-1 reusable spaceplane gets cancelled</li> <li>ESA’s Solar Obiter heads off to the sun</li> <li>NASA ask you to vote for the official name of their Mars 2020 rover (<a href= "http://www.mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/participate/name-the-rover/">www.mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/participate/name-the-rover/</a>)</li> <li>NASA’s costs for the 2024 moon landing are imminent</li> </ul> <p><!-- /wp:list --></p> <p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Main news story: SpaceX gears up for crewed spaceflight following successful abort tests</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p> <p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline">The Electromagnetic Spectrum</span>: How parts of the EMS outside visible light were discovered, who discovered them and what that means for us today.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p> <p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p><span style="text-decoration: underline">Q&A</span>: <em>Have the crew of the ISS (or any other spaceflight with room to try it) propelled themselves through their craft using flatulence?</em> From Brychan James from Wales on Twitter (@BrychanJames)</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p>