Queensland Company Wins Australian Orbital Rocket Contract

*Queensland company wins Australian orbital rocket contract<br />The Australian Department of Defence Science and Technology has awarded Queensland-based Gilmour Space a contract to develop a new orbital rocket launch system.<br /><br />*WFIRST Dark Energy Telescope renamed after Nancy Grace Roman<br />NASA has formally named its Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope – WFIRST -- in honour of the agency’s first chief astronomer Nancy Grace Roman, who paved the way for space telescopes like Hubble to observe the universe from orbit – above the effects of Earth’s atmosphere.<br /><a href="https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/618688707026911232" rel="noopener">https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/618688707026911232</a><br /><a href="https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/618688812177096704" rel="noopener">https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/618688812177096704</a><br /><a href="https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/187935263898" rel="noopener">https://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/post/187935263898</a><br /><br />*Lunar tee pee<br />The European Space Agency has developed a new use for urine as a superplasticiser for making a robust type of concrete on the Moon.<br /><br />*The Science Report<br />Autopsies of patients who died of COVID-19 show the virus is present in multiple organs.<br />New study shows COVID-19 can be passed from cat to cat but questions remain about dogs.<br />Global warming making cyclones and hurricanes stronger and more intense.<br />Scientists develop a new prototype quantum radar device.<br /><br />For enhanced Show Notes including photos to accompany this episode, visit: <a href="http://www.bitesz.com/spacetimeshownotes" rel="noopener">http://www.bitesz.com/spacetimeshownotes</a><br /><br />Get immediate access to over 180 commercial-free, double episode editions of SpaceTime plus extended interview bonus content. Subscribe via Patreon or Supercast....and share in the rewards. Details at <a href="http://www.patreon.com/spacetimewithstu