{"id":571,"date":"2019-05-15T07:05:34","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T06:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awesomeastronomy.com\/?p=571"},"modified":"2019-06-05T20:06:51","modified_gmt":"2019-06-05T20:06:51","slug":"83-may-2019-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awesomeastronomy.com\/index.php\/2019\/05\/15\/83-may-2019-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"#83 &#8211; May 2019 Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe style=\"display:block;\"  src=\"https:\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/9788480\/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\/20190515--Awesome-Astronomys-May-Episode-Part2.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Download Episode!<\/a><br \/>\n<p>The Discussion: Your last chance to get tickets to join Jen\u2019s at Pint of Science on 20-22nd May in Cardiff, a couple of corrections for the last episode, listeners\u2019 comments about our Moon 2024 musings and a listener\u2019s email takes us into classic 50s sci-fi territory.<\/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>NASA\u2019s new robot assistants and \u2018Astrobees\u2019 on the International Space Station<\/li><li>Portugal launches its national space agency in the Azores and plans an environmentally friendly rocket<\/li><li>Arianespace are to launch 42 satellites on a single rocket<\/li><li>NASA Administrator misses his April deadline to provide financial figures for a retirn to the moon in 2024 \ud83d\ude41<\/li><li>Space Force will likely cost $1.5Bn more each year than originally thought<\/li><li>India\u2019s Chandrayaan-2 mission will launch to the moon in September this year<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Main news stories: Jeff Bezos\u2019 Blue Origin has been developing a giant lunar landing in secret, while Elon Musk\u2019s SpaceX have a setback to their human spaceflight plans<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Debate: A reminder that you can influence the Best Space Mission Ever debate season, starting next month. 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