Space Gab Podcast #131 for 03 Feb 2021

<p>SpaceX Starship SN9 launch and crash landing, Some people could never be allowed into a NASA Mission Control during a launch, Leverage commercial innovation to counter China's technological advances says top US official, Video of the recent Russian Soyuz rocket with a military satellite payload, SpaceX is hoping to attempt two Falcon 9 launches with Starlink satellites on Thursday, February 4th, Small launch startup Astra to go public at $2.1 billion valuation, The head of Russia’s space agency has slammed Washington’s proposals to have the US Department of Defense operate in space, Ukraine in space! Despite desperate financial situation &amp; need for Western aid, deputy PM says country must launch own spacecraft, Jeff Bezos is stepping down. Bezos said he will stay engaged in important Amazon projects but will also have more time to focus on the Bezos Earth Fund, his Blue Origin spaceship company, Elon Musk off of Twitter a while, Inspiration4 Mission to put four civilian astronauts into earth orbit, Boeing announces first crewed flight will use OFT-2 capsule, but with new service module, We just finished watching the Netflix series AWAY about a trip to Mars, BluShift Aerospace Stardust 1.0 sounding rocket maiden flight was a success after a few attempts, Russia hopes to upstage Tom Cruise’s plans. They're hope is to film the first ever feature film in earth orbit using their own actress, Iran launched the Zol-Jannah three-staged satellite carrier which is capable of carrying satellites weighing up to 220 kg in a 500 km orbit, Space Shuttle Columbia broke up as it re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere on Feb. 1 2003, Another spacewalk at the ISS, Launch of a Hyperbola-1 rocket by Chinese private firm iSpace ended in apparent failure shortly after liftoff, The Japanese H3 rocket core body has successfully been transported after experiencing minor transportation issues, Roscosmos continues discussing joint Moon base with China, NASA announces a second Green Run hot fire test, NASA performs RS-25 test to gather dat