Bad Weather Scrubs a Third Launch Attempt for the World’s Most Powerful Rocket

The Astronomy, Technology, and Space Science News Podcast.<br />SpaceTime Series 25 Episode 101<br />*Bad weather scrubs a third launch attempt for the world’s most powerful rocket<br />In a case of déjà vu all over again as NASA has been forced to scrub a third launch attempt of its massive Artemis 1 Moon rocket – this time because of Tropical storm Ian near Jamaica which was forecast to rapidly intensify and move towards the Florida coast.<br />*NASA's Lunar IceCube mission<br />Hitching a ride on NASA's Artemis Moon rocket is a tiny shoe box sized six unit cubesat spacecraft that will be searching for water hidden in the dark shadows of deep craters on the lunar surface.<br />*Virgin Orbit to launch from Queensland<br />The rural Queensland city of Toowoomba could become a future space port for Virgin Orbit. The company has just signed a memorandum of understanding with Australian infrastructure development company Wagner Corporation to use their Toowoomba Wellcamp Airport as a local base of operations.<br />*32 new variable stars discovered<br />Astronomers have discovered 32 new variable stars in the Palomar 2 globular cluster a hundred thousand light years away in the constellation Auriga the charioteer.<br />*The Science Report<br />Scientists have created what they claim are living synthetic cells by harvesting bacteria for body parts.<br />Rare 2000-year-old Judean coin returned to the Israel Antiquities Authority<br />A new study shows medieval Brits weren’t as British as they thought.<br />Skeptics guide to cults.<br />Listen to SpaceTime on your favorite podcast app with our universal listen link: <a href="https://spacetimewithstuartgary.com/listen" rel="noopener">https://spacetimewithstuartgary.com/listen</a> <br /><br />For more SpaceTime and show links: <a href="https://linktr.ee/biteszHQ" rel="noopener">https://linktr.ee/biteszHQ</a> <br />If you love this podcast, please get someone else to listen to. Thank you…<br />To become a SpaceTime supporter and unlock commercial free editions of the show