Will the conflict with Russia extend to the ISS space station? Also in this episode: moon dust for sale, strange weather on Neptune and an alien explosion in 2014 are now in the news. Space events of the last two weeks discussed by Luc van den Abeelen, Michel van Baal and Herbert Blankesteijn.
=Russia still honors ISS agreements
https://ria.ru/20220411/mks-1782854613.html
=First Axiom Trade Team
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2314633-watch-axiom-and-spacex-launch-first-all-private-crew-to-iss/
= Delay for Starship?
https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/6/23013435/spacex-starbase-starship-army-corps-engineers-permit-application
=Amazon Megadeal for Kuiper Network
https://spaceflightnow.com/2022/04/05/amazon-books-up-to-83-launches-with-ula-arianespace-and-blue-origin/
= Artemis has been reduced but “will upgrade”
https://www.space.com/nasa-scaling-back-artemis-1-moon-mission-test
https://www.volkskrant.nl/science/back-naar-de-maan-de-artemis-missie-van-Amerika-en-europa-komen-op-stoom~b7cd911f/
=Moondust for sale!
https://www.bonhams.com/auction/27937/space-history-featuring-the-first-lunar-sample/
=Something strange with the weather on Neptune
https://www.bnr.nl/podcast/science-vandaag/10473089/er-is-iets-buitens-aan-de-hand-met-het-weer-op-neptune
=Interstellar object exploded above Earth in 2014, declassified government data reveals
https://www.livescience.com/first-interstellar-object-detected
=Wired reviewed a documentary on SPaceX
https://www.wired.com/story/return-to-space-doc-review/
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