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Feb 15, 2022 1 hr 4 min

#116 - February 2022 Part 2

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The Discussion: Techniquest in Cardiff Bay Our Good friend Dylan O'Donnell at Star Stuff A listener's email on the naming of spacecraft, prompting a debate on history, cultures and tearing down statues. The News: Britain's ambitious spaceports hit regulatory purgatory China's plans for this year include space station completion, comet and asteroid missions Unknown heroines of space & astronomy for International Women in Science Day The news discussion: NASA contract a Mars Sample return rocket. Nebulas: A look at the weird and wonderful nebulae that you can see through telescopes or use to understand the interstellar medium and star formation. This month we focus on Emission Nebulae. Q&A: Why do astronauts travelling from the earth to the moon appear to experience complete weightlessness? From our good friend Paul Waterhouse in the Forest of Dean, UK

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