Today In Space

On this episode. we are recording this on December 13th, 2022 on planet Earth as Artemis 1 has successfully returned to Earth after a 1.4 million mile journey. - We have to discuss the newly attempted skip reentry done by Orion, and why it might be valuable for humans on Artemis 2. - The first potential privately funded mission to land on the moon just launched on a Falcon 9 this part week. - And I'd like to share my thoughts on SpaceX's latest Starlink application - The Starshield, which sounds like something out of a Marvel movie. A tool for the US Military for global surveillance. And it's up on SpaceX's website right now! This is Today In Space - thank you for joining us for episode 291! Let's get into the episode! We'd like to thank our sponsors: - Manscaped - Estes Rockets - AG3D Printing NASA Artemis 1 Return - Skip Reentry - Why is skipping on the atmosphere generally bad? - Why is it a valuable reentry technique? - Why wasn't it done before? Artemis splashdown on Earth https://time.com/6240198/nas