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    #86: Two-Tone Rocket

    December 4th, 2018 · 43 minutes

    The end of 2018 is proving to be busy: InSight has landed, OSIRIS-REx has rendezvoused with Bennu, SpaceX is breaking records and the CLPS program is here, for what that's worth.

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    Links and Show Notes

    Watch Mars on National Geographic
    The HI-SEAS Mars Habitat Is Turning Into a Moon Simulation - The Atlantic
    Crewed flights to ISS resume with Soyuz MS-11 launch - SpaceFlight Insider
    NASA Astronaut Nick Hague Gets New Space Assignment After Scary Launch Abort
    SpaceX Falcon 9 launches SSO-A multi-sat mission – NASASpaceFlight.com
    Singed and sooty, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket still looked brilliant Monday | Ars Technica
    NASA Hears MarCO CubeSats Loud and Clear from Mars | NASA
    Mars New Home 'a Large Sandbox' | NASA
    NASA selects nine companies that will vie to put small landers on the Moon - The Verge
    Commercial Lunar Payload Services - CLPS - 80HQTR18R0011R - Federal Business Opportunities: Opportunities
    A congressman’s loss clouds the future of two demanding missions to Europa | Ars Technica