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    #77: Belly Flop Situation

    August 1st, 2018 · 34 minutes

    What goes around, comes around: The James Webb Telescope, water on Mars and the Space Force are all back in the news.

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    Links and Show Notes

    Why NASA is struggling to get its most powerful space telescope off the ground - The Verge
    James Webb Space Telescope: Who Should Pay for Mistakes? - The Atlantic
    NASA - Ten Inventions Created for James Webb Space Telescope Approved
    Liquid Water on Mars! Really for Real This Time (Probably) | The Planetary Society
    Saturn and Mars Make Closest Approaches in 2018 | NASA
    Radar evidence of subglacial liquid water on Mars | Science
    NASA weighs delaying WFIRST to fund JWST overrun - SpaceNews.com
    Trump’s Space Force Will Have to Wait - The Atlantic
    Pentagon not waiting for Congress to create space force: report | TheHill
    Eight Logos for Trump’s Space Force, From Milton Glaser and More - Bloomberg
    Trump’s Space Force Will Have to Wait - The Atlantic
    Pentagon not waiting for Congress to create space force: report | TheHill
    Eight Logos for Trump’s Space Force, From Milton Glaser and More - Bloomberg
    Amazon.com: The Calculating Stars: A Lady Astronaut Novel eBook: Mary Robinette Kowal: Kindle Store