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    #163: What Does it Look Like Under the Bus?

    November 16th, 2021 · 40 minutes

    Artemis' 2024 lunar landing is officially off the table. Russia has shot one of its own satellites down, leading to emergency procedures being carried out at the ISS.

    Yeah, not a great week in space.

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    Links and Show Notes

    Not Saying it was Aliens, but 'Oumuamua Probably Wasn't a Nitrogen Iceberg... - Universe Today
    Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID) | NASA
    Practice Makes Perfect: Simulating Separation in Near Zero Gravity | NASA
    Maybe It's a Lost Piece of the Moon, but Don't Call It a Moon - The New York Times
    Crew Dragon lands safely, despite one parachute inflating slowly [Updated] | Ars Technica
    NASA’s DART Preps for Launch in First Planetary Defense Test Mission | NASA
    Eric Berger on Twitter: "If the review is favorable, this means that there's a pretty reasonable chance that Starship and Super Heavy will make their first orbital launch attempt during the first quarter of 2022."
    The Space Review: Resetting Artemis
    Blue Origin loses lawsuit against federal government over NASA’s human lunar lander contracts - The Verge
    NASA delays Moon landings, says Blue Origin legal tactics partly to blame | Ars Technica
    NASA delays ambitious human lunar landing to 2025 - The Verge
    NASA will spend $93 billion on Artemis moon program by 2025, report estimates | Space
    Russia blows up a satellite, creating a dangerous debris cloud in space - The Verge
    Russia may have just shot down its own satellite, creating a huge debris cloud [Updated] | Ars Technica
    NASA Administrator Statement on Russian ASAT Test | NASA
    Russia acknowledges anti-satellite test, but says it’s no big deal | Ars Technica
    The Darkest Timeline Theory on Russia