Cheap Astronomy - Dear CA #69: You Can Never Have Enough Space Missions

<p class="p1">Launching some more ideas…</p> <p class="p1"><strong><em>Please tell us more about Dragonfly!</em></strong></p> <p class="p1">Here at Cheap Astronomy, when we heard some murmurs in the background that NASA was launching a new mission to a gas giant moon we instantly thought woo hoo, all aboard for the Europa Clipper.</p> <p class="p1"><strong><em>Why don’t we fly microscopes to Mars to look for life?</em></strong></p> <p class="p1">Early microscopy was revolutionary in so far as you could take a drop of pond water and, under magnification, find lots of little swimmy things that no-one had realized were there before. So, of course wouldn’t it be great if we could do the same sort of thing on Mars.</p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1">We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs.</p> <p class="p1">Just visit: <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy">https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy</a> and donate as much as you can!</p> <p class="p1">Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too!</p> <p class="p1">Every bit helps! Thank you!</p> <p class="p1">------------------------------------</p> <p class="p3"><span class="s1">Do go visit <a href= "http://astrogear.spreadshirt.com/">http://astrogear.spreadshirt.com/</a> for co</span>ol Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and other awesomeness!</p> <p class="p3"><a href= "http://cosmoquest.org/Donate">http://cosmoquest.org/Donate</a> This show is made possible through your donations.</p> <p class="p3">Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just <a href="http://cosmoquest.org/Donate">click</a>!)</p> <p class="p1">The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by Astrosphere New Media. <a href= "http://www.astrosphere.org/">http://www.astrosphere.org/</a></p> <p class="p4"><span class="s2">Visit us on the web at <a href= "http://365DaysOfAstronomy.org/"><span class= "s3">365DaysOfAstronomy.org</span></a> or email us at <a href= "mai