TIS#043 07/30/15 Weekly Update & Where Spacecraft Go to Die...

Weekly Update/ Lightning Round Welcome back! Alex brings a Weekly Update of what's up in Space this week. This includes Reboot the Suit, the UK Space Agency's New Plan, some space junk & another Pluto Update. This week's lightning round comes in at 175 bpm with some trap beats, some bass & a piano. Entitled "Where Spacecraft Go to Die..." New to Podcasting? Check out our "Beginner's Guide" to get you going & subscribed on iPhone, Android & Computer/Laptop! WHAT THE HELL IS A PODCAST?!   ON EARTH: Reboot the Suit: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/smithsonian/reboot-the-suit-bring-back-neil-armstrongs-spacesu/description http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/248941 http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/28/living/smithsonian-armstrong-space-suit-kickstarter-feat/ Blue Moon this Friday - Look up! http://www.space.com/30083-blue-moon-full-moon-friday.html The UK Space Agency's new National Space Strategy http://www.space.com/30042-uk-space-agency-national-strategy.html?cmpid=514648 A look at Tim Peake: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/one-giant-leap-for-britain-uks-first-official-astronaut-major-tim-peake-on-tweeting-like-chris-hadfield-and-missing-his-wife-and-sons-8623957.html Link to the UK Space Agency's Strategy Document https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/442462/Space_Environments_and_Human_Spaceflight_Strategyv2.pdf IN ORBIT: Space Junk & Mission Prep on the ISS - an Update: https://blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation/2015/07/27/station-avoids-satellite-fragment-spacewalk-preps-start/ The $5 Trillion Dollar Asteroid that went by us the other day... http://www.space.com/30074-trillion-dollar-asteroid-2011-uw158-earth-flyby.html?cmpid=514648 PLUTO! ...AN UPDATE: Color-Coded maps of Pluto & Charon http://www.buzzfeed.com/alexkasprak/the-vader-crater#.qh0Alx4aD Halo of Atmosphere on a Backlit Pluto as New Horizons Flies By http://pluto.jhuapl.edu/News-Center/News-Article.php?page=20150724 Click the link to go the homepage where all the links are! Also, don't forget to listen to "Pluto, the Misunderstood." by Today In Space! The Artists - Alexander G. Orphanos & John Mitchell Support us however you can! Either by playing it on Youtube/SoundCloud or purchasing on the many digital stores it's available on now! Thank you! Get full access to Making Sense of the Future at todayinspace.substack.com/subscribe