NASA cuts, water mission and Skylab

Plus, will China now get to the Moon first?

Episode 152 of the Space Boffins, from the Naked Scientists podcast, hosted by Richard Hollingham, Sue Nelson, titled "NASA cuts, water mission and Skylab" was published on June 28, 2025 and runs 73 minutes.

June 28, 2025 ·73m · Space Boffins, from the Naked Scientists

Summary

Will China now get to the Moon first? NASA's former head of science, Thomas Zurbuchen, joins Space Boffins to discuss the proposed cuts to NASA's science budget. Richard visits SSTL to see an innovative European Space Agency mission, HydroGNSS, that uses satellite navigation signals to measure water from space. And authors Bruce McCandless III and Emily Carney share stories and songs from their new book, Star Bound, and talk Gemini, Skylab and an angry NASA memo. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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