{"id":563,"date":"2019-03-14T22:00:49","date_gmt":"2019-03-14T22:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awesomeastronomy.com\/?p=563"},"modified":"2019-06-05T19:50:08","modified_gmt":"2019-06-05T19:50:08","slug":"81-march-2019-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awesomeastronomy.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/14\/81-march-2019-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"#81 &#8211; March 2019 Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe style=\"display:block;\"  src=\"https:\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/8898587\/height\/360\/theme\/standard\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/\" height=\"360\" width=\"100%\" placement=\"top\" theme=\"standard\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"podcast-class\" frameborder=\"0\" custom_color=\"75942D\"><\/iframe><br \/><br \/><br \/><a class=\"libsyn-download-link\" href =\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/awesomeastronomy\/20190315--Awesome-Astronomys-March-Episode-Part2.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Download Episode!<\/a><br \/>\n<p>The Discussion: Professor Michelle Dougherty talking Enceladus at the annual Schrodinger lecture, the proficiency (or otherwise) of making science accessible to the layman and emails about inspiring anyone to do the job they want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The News: Rounding up the space exploration news this month we have:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Have SpaceX paved the way for the US to return to human spaceflight?<\/li><li>The Japanese Hyabusa spacecraft begins exploring asteroid Ryugu<\/li><li>The first Israeli lunar lander makes its way to the moon<\/li><li>Virgin Galactic take a long awaited return to commercial spaceflight tests<\/li><li>NASA\u2019s science experiments for the moon on their commercial landers<\/li><li>Ultima Thule actually resembles a bag of Revels.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Main news story: New Horizons at Ultima Thule<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Debate: We want you to influence the next few debates. 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