Space Boffins, from the Naked Scientists

By: Richard Hollingham Sue Nelson
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  • Publishing monthly, Space Boffins brings you cutting edge conversation and debate about the past, present and future of space science.
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Astronomy Astronomy & Space Science Natural History Nature & Ecology Physics Science
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Episodes
  • HALO, Gateway and Vigil

    HALO, Gateway and Vigil
    Apr 7 2025
    It's all about returning to the Moon and protecting the Earth this time with Space Boffins Sue Nelson and Richard Hollingham. Sue goes to Thales Alenia Space in Italy to see HALO (Habitation and Logistics Outpost) - the first completed module for NASA's orbiting lunar space station, Gateway and a mock up of Europe's planned lunar IHAB module. We also hear about the ESA mission Vigil to improve space weather forecasts... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    54 mins
  • Biomass, living on Mars, and incoming asteroids!

    Biomass, living on Mars, and incoming asteroids!
    Feb 26 2025
    Incoming! NASA's acting head of planetary defence, Kelly Fast, discusses asteroids, YR2 and how to protect our planet. The UK Space Agency's head of Earth Observation and Climate, Beth Greenaway, and chief scientist, Shaun Quegan, discuss the upcoming European Biomass mission to measure how much carbon is being stored in tropical forests. And Kelly Weinersmith - co-author of A City On Mars - explains why living on the red planet will be much harder than anyone thought... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    1 hr
  • NASA, the BBC and the Soviet spacecraft on the Isle of Man

    NASA, the BBC and the Soviet spacecraft on the Isle of Man
    Jan 27 2025
    This month, recently-retired BBC space correspondent, Jonathan Amos, and former NASA employee Herb Baker, author of From Apollo to Artemis: Stories from my 50 years with NASA, discuss reporting from a rocket launch, growing up with classmates whose dads are Apollo astronauts, and how material Herb's mother used to fix an aircon unit at home helped her save a Skylab mission. Plus, Richard sees a Soviet-era VA space capsule in the Manx Motor Museum on the Isle of Man... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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    1 hr and 10 mins

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