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    #152: It's Under Our Control, with Dr. Ed Lu

    June 15th, 2021 · 42 minutes

    After catching up on a couple of present and future robotic missions, Stephen and Jason talk with former astronaut Dr. Ed Lu about his work at the B612 Foundation, which is focused on protecting Earth from large asteroid strikes.

    Guest Starring: Ed Lu

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    Links and Show Notes

    Venus Will Have a Fleet of Spacecraft as Europe Adds Orbiter Mission - The New York Times
    New NASA Missions Will Study Venus, a World Overlooked for Decades - The New York Times
    Then There Were 3: NASA to Collaborate on ESA’s New Venus Mission | NASA
    ESA selects revolutionary Venus mission EnVision
    NASA’s Perseverance Rover Begins Its First Science Campaign on Mars
    Mars helicopter Ingenuity aces 7th flight on the Red Planet | Space
    NASA's Juno Takes Photos of Ganymede, Jupiter's Biggest Moon - The New York Times
    See the First Images NASA’s Juno Took As It Sailed by Ganymede | NASA
    Core stage for NASA’s Space Launch System mega rocket stacked - SpaceFlight Insider
    Backbone of NASA’s Moon Rocket Joins Boosters for Artemis I Mission – Artemis
    B612 Foundation
    Asteroid Day - UN-sanctioned global awareness campaign
    NASA has Approved a Space Telescope That Will Scan the Skies for Dangerous Near-Earth Asteroids - Universe Today
    The Tunguska Impact--100 Years Later | Science Mission Directorate
    DART Launch Moves to Secondary Window | NASA
    Rubin Observatory | Opening a digital window for discovery of the dynamic universe.