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    #56: A Guy and a Grease Pencil

    September 26th, 2017 · 29 minutes

    This fortnight: damage to the Arecibo telescope in Puerto Rico, a Mars sample return proposal and the final two Mercury flights.

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    Links and Show Notes

    Cassini Vanishes Into Saturn, Its Mission Celebrated and Mourned - The New York Times
    Goodbye Cassini - YouTube
    How Not to Land an Orbital Rocket Booster - YouTube
    What to expect from Elon Musk’s Mars colonization update this week - The Verge
    EGO-Virgo on Twitter: "A very exciting LIGO-Virgo Observing run draws to a close on the 25th of August - https://t.co/GWJXORx4KJ https://t.co/ilUKoCUx3P"

    LIGO-Virgo

    Puerto Rico's Arecibo Radio Telescope Suffers Hurricane Damage : The Two-Way : NPR
    NASA proposes rapid Mars sample return architecture - SpaceNews.com