A very interesting Spaced Out. David discusses NASA’s big Mars announcement, Trumps plans to militarise space, Russia’s laser cannon, the global dust storm on Mars, and the upcoming 2018 Winter solstice on Thursday.
David Britten from the Stardome Observatory and Planetarium discusses spinning neutron stars, Chinese efforts to land on the dark side of the moon, and what's happening in the current night sky.
David Britten from the Stardome Observatory discusses Christchurch Astronomy Conference, NASA engineer Dr Delwyn Moller returning to NZ to head up a NZ space tech centre, and private space transport company Blue Origin's progress with space flights.
David Britten talks about the new NASA Administrator appointed, GPS (galactic positioning system) for lost astronauts, how were the small moons of Mars formed... And... the 17,000 near-Earth asteroids still to find.
We chat about Buzz Aldrin UFO encounter, Virgin Galactic first powered flight since 2014 crash, A Space junk removal experiment, TESS launch next week and a Swarm of black holes at Milky Way centre.