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#117: Things Bumping Against Other Things
February 11th, 2020 · 42 minutes
Boeing's Starliner issues run deeper than it first appeared, CHEOPS is operation and the Solar Orbiter is on its way to our start. That, and a look at the White House's proposed NASA budget for 2021.
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Ungeniused #98: NACA - Relay FM
NASA Shares Initial Findings from Boeing Starliner Orbital Flight Test Investigation – Commercial Crew Program
Boeing’s Starliner problems may be worse than we thought | Ars Technica
NASA confirms two Boeing Starliner issues would’ve led to spacecraft loss without intervention | TechCrunch
Does NASA Trust Boeing? - The Atlantic
Europe's planet-hunting CHEOPS telescope beams down first image. It's better than expected | Space
Bad Astronomy | First light for the exoplanet hunter mission CHEOPS goes tetrahedral
Solar Orbiter Launch Takes Solar Science to New Heights | NASA
Solar Orbiter | NASA
We are entering the Golden Age of studying our Sun | Ars Technica
News | Voyager 2 Engineers Working to Restore Normal Operations
Liftoff #44: Voyager - Relay FM
Trump administration calls for big budget increases for NASA to fund Moon program - The Verge
White House requests significant NASA budget increase to fund Artemis program - SpaceNews.com
NASA FY 2021 Budget Request (PDF)
Fiscal Year 2020 Budget (PDF)
NASA's budget appears on page 92.