This week features a part 1 of our chat with Alan Bond a legend of British Rocketry - Hotol, Daedalus, Sklon, Blue Streak, Reaction Engines, Sabre. His life in rockets.\nJamie and Matt bring you the week's space news.\nHappy Birthday Martin John Rees\nHappy Birthday Yury Petrovich Artyukhin\nJUNE 21st The summer solstice\nTrump and the Space Council\nESA Council decides on the completion of Ariane 6 and endorses start of transition from Ariane 5 to Ariane 6\nVEGA-C - Launching in one year\nEuropean Exploration Envelope Programme, (known as E3P)\nHayabusa2 is within sight of its target, Ryugu\nATLAS18qqn/AT2018cow Something has blown up in the universe\nARE WE ALONE?\nSpace Song playlist on spotify bit.ly/spacesongs\nIf you enjoy the show please go over to www.Patreon.com/Interplanetary and become a Patron or even a producer of the show.\nIf you enjoy why not join the BIS at www.bis-space.com the oldest space advocacy organisation in the world.\nSubscribe on iTunes\nitunes.apple.com/podcast/id1097505801\nSubscribe on Stitcher\nwww.stitcher.com/podcast/interplanetary-podcast\nHosts: Matt Russell and Jamie Franklin\nMusic: Matt Russell / Iam7\nAdditional Narration: George Russell\nwww.interplanetary.org.uk\n@interplanetypod\nSpace and time may have a structure as intricate as the fauna of a rich ecosystem, but on a scale far larger than the horizon of our observations