Today In Space

In this episode, Alex discusses his thoughts on the importance of unplugging from technology and work in the 21st century after a week long vacation in Hawaii. Rest is so important, since stress and unproductive criticism can creep in otherwise and slows most of us down.  We then review some Orbital News: - SLS Orion Crew Abort Test Getting Setup in Florida https://twitter.com/JimBridenstine/status/1136736879783682049 - The President sends a confusing tweet about funding NASA, the Moon, and Mars https://twitter.com/Erdayastronaut/status/1137068997516648450 - SpaceX's Starlink Gets Backlash for Potentially Interfering with Future Earth-Based Astronomy https://spacenews.com/spacex-launches-60-starlink-satellites-begins-constellation-buildout/ https://earthsky.org/human-world/aas-statement-spacex-starlink-satellites NSF Statement on it's work with SpaceX to reduce interference with Earth-based Astronomy https://www.nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=298678 Astronomy Live Starlink effects on Sky (video)