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    #119: A Rovey McRoverface Situation

    March 10th, 2020 · 35 minutes

    Mars 2020 has a name, Voyager 2 can't call home and SpaceX is doing SpaceX things. Then, results from the initial Starliner investigation and a look at VIPER.

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    Links and Show Notes

    News | Virginia Middle School Student Earns Honor of Naming NASA's Next Mars Rover
    NASA’s Mars 2020 Rover Gets New, Official Name: Perseverance - The New York Times
    When Voyager 2 Calls Home, Earth Soon Won’t Be Able to Answer - The New York Times
    DSN Now
    Inside Elon Musk’s plan to build one Starship a week—and settle Mars | Ars Technica
    SpaceX launches the last flight of its original Dragon cargo capsule - The Verge
    NASA Update on Orbital Flight Test Independent Review Team – Commercial Crew Program
    NASA still doesn’t know if it wants Boeing to perform another test flight of its passenger spacecraft - The Verge
    NASA is Planning to Build a Lunar Rover With a 1-Meter Drill to Search for Water Ice - Universe Today
    NASA Asks Commercial Moon Delivery Partners to Fly Rover to Moon | NASA
    VIPER | NASA
    BBC World Service - 13 Minutes to the Moon - Downloads