Podcasts Technology The World Transformed Back to the Moon (and on to the Stars)

Back to the Moon (and on to the Stars)

Published: Feb. 28, 2017, 12:30 a.m.

Hosts Phil Bowermaster and Stephen Gordon discuss recent big news touching on space exploration. Is a return to the moon imminent?\n\n\xa0\n\nNasa discovers new solar system TRAPPIST-1 - where life may have evolved on three planets\n\nLife may have evolved on at least three planets within a newly discovered solar system that is 39 light years from Earth, it was announced last night.\n\n\xa0\n\nHow to Get Back to the Moon in 4 Years--This Time to Stay\n\nWho is able to land on the lunar surface? Elon Musk and Robert Bigelow. Musk\u2019s rockets\u2014the Falcon and the soon-to-be-launched Falcon Heavy\u2014are built to take off and land. So far their landing capabilities have been used to ease them down on earth.\xa0\n\n\xa0\n\nSpace Startups Are Booming in the Mojave Desert\n\nInside a series of nondescript buildings in the \xaddriest desert in North America, an entrepreneurial enclave is chasing the next frontier of commerce.\xa0\n\n\xa0\n\nWT 271-580